31006. Adulteration of candy.     U. S. v. 15 Boxes and 7 Boxes of Candy.    Default
decree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 43284, 43286. 
Sample Nos. 27668-D, 27675-D.)
On August 11, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 22 boxes of candy 
at Springfield, Ill.; alleging that 7 boxes of the article had been shipped from 
Paducah, Ky., on or about September 1, 1937, by Gilliam Candy Co., and that 
15 boxes had been shipped from St. Louis, Mo., on or about February 8, 1938, 
by National Candy Co., Inc.; and charging that it was adulterated in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. One lot was labeled in part: "National Chocolate 
Peanut Clusters."   The remaining lot was labeled in part: "Peco Flake."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On December 22, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
GROVER B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.