1383. Adulteration and misbranding of candy.    IT. S. v. 24 Boxes of Candy (and
7 other seizures of candy). Default decrees of condemnation and de- 
struction. (F. D. C. Nos. 1906, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1965, 2032, 2172, 2173. Sam- 
ple Nos. 333-E, 4501-E, 4503-E, 6415-E, 6416-E, 6417-E, 9265-E, 15655-E, 
15718-E, 20216-E.)
Samples of this product were found to contain rodent hairs. One shipment 
was also short weight.
Between April 29 and June 11, 1940, the United States attorneys for the 
Eastern District of Missouri, Northern District of Illinois, Northern District of 
Texas, Western District of Missouri, and the Eastern District of North Carolina 
filed libels against 24 boxes of candy at St. Louis, Mo.; 72 boxes at Chicago, Ill.; 
34 cartons at Dallas, Tex.; 54 boxes at Ozark, Mo.; 77 boxes at Goldsboro, N. C.; 
and 87 boxes at Clinton, N. C, alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce within the period from on or about April 4 to on or about 
May 17, 1940, by Ucanco Candy Co. from Davenport, Iowa. On May 25, 1940, 
a libel was filed in the District of Colorado against 20 boxes and 57 cartons of 
candy at Denver, Colo., which had been shipped by the Ucanco Candy Co. from 
Davenport, Iowa, on or about April 4, 1940. The article was variously labeled 
in part: "01' Timer Milk Nut Roll"; "Special Cannon Ball Bars"; "5<£ Extra 
Special 01' Timer Loaf"; "Nut Balls"; "Cluster"; "OF Timer Milk Nut Bar"; 
"Special Chocolate Party Pack Blue Boy Bars."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy substance; and in that it had been prepared under insanitary 
conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
The lot seized at St. Louis, Mo., was alleged to be misbranded in that the 
statement "Net Weight 4 Oz. or over" was false and misleading since it was
incorrect; and in that it was in package form and did not bear an accurate 
statement of the quantity of the contents.
Between June 3 and July 31, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.