1673. Adulteration of candy.     IT. S. v. 15 Boxes of Candy  (and 2 other seizure
actions against candy). Default decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion. (F. D. C. Nos. 2382, 2413, 2414. Sample Nos. 14865-E, 14960-E, 
14961-E.)
This product contained rodent hairs and insect fragments.
On July 18 and 24, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey filed libels against 41 boxes of candy at Camden, N. J., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from 
on or about June 14 to on or about June 28, 1940, by the John B. Arata Co. 
from Philadelphia, Pa.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and in that it had been pre- 
pared under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated 
with filth. The article was labeled in part: "Arata's Cinnamon Potatoes [or 
"Marshmallow Clams"]."
On July 31, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered, and the product was ordered destroyed.