29557. Adulteration of candy.   TT. S. v. 10 Boxes, 46 Boxes, and 3 Boxes of Candy.
, Default ,decree Of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 43859. 
' Sample* NOB. 2VI23-D to 29125-D, inclusive.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining un- 
sold and in the original packages, was at the time of examination found to be 
insect-infested.
On September 12, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 59 boxes of candy 
at Marietta, Ga.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce in part on or about October 1 and in part on or about December 31, 1935, 
by Curtiss Candy Co. from Chicago, Ill.; and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance
On October 10, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.