30811. Adulteration of  candy.     TJ.   S. v. 29 Cartons and 17 Cartons of Candy.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. Jc D.  Nos. 43160, 
43161.   Sample Nos. 37621-D, 87623-D.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained unsold 
and in the original packages. At the time of examination it was found to be 
insect-infested.
On or about August 6, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Mississippi, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 46 cartons 
of candy sticks at Tupelo, Miss.; alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about February 29, 1938, by the Gilliam Candy Co. from Paducah, Ky.; 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article 
was labeled in part: "Gilliam's Blue Grass Brand Candies Cello Sticks."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that It consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On October 6, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.