29673. Adulteration of candy.    IT. S. v. 17 Boxes of Candy.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43549.    Sample No. 23953-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining 
unsold and in the original package, was at the time of examination found to 
be insect-infested.
On September 1, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 boxes of candy 
at Galveston, Tex.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
February 23, 1938, by Blumenthal Bros, from Philadelphia, Pa.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.    »
On September 1, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.