30256. Adulteration of candy.     U. S. v. Bonomo Candy & Nut Corporation and
Victor A. Bonomo.     Fleas of gruilty.     Corporation fined $600: Victor A. 
Bonomo placed on probation for 2 years.    (F. & D. No. 42574.    Sample 
•     Nos. 9616-D, 9861-D, 10500-D.)
Samples of this product were found to contain insect fragments, rodent hairs, 
and other filth.
On December 8, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Bonomo Candy & Nut Corporation, Brooklyn, 
N. Y., and Victor A. Bonomo, president of the said corporation, alleging shipment 
by said defendants in violation of the Food and Drugs Act within the period 
from on or about February 14 to on or about February 25, 1938, from the State 
of New York into the States of Pennsylvania and Delaware of quantities of 
candy that was adulterated.    It was labeled in part, "Nutty Fruit-Rolls."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole and in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance. 
On December 14,1938, pleas of guilty were entered on behalf of the defendants 
and the court imposed a fine of $600 against the corporation. Sentence was 
suspended as to Victor A. Bonomo and he was placed on probation for 2 years.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.