29463. Adulteration of candy.     TT.  S.  v. 4  Cases  of Candy.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43844.   Sample No. 80149-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining un- 
sold and in the original package was, at the time of examination, found to be 
insect-infested, stale, and to have a musty or rancid odor.
On September 10, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of four cases of candy 
at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Eli Witt Cigar Co., Miami, Fla.; alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about Sep- 
tember 1, 1938, from Miami, Fla.; and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act 
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The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy "vegetable substance.
On October 3, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.