2091. Adulteration of candy.     U. S. v. 4 Cartons, 31 Cartons, and 22 Boxes of
Candy. > Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. Nos. 
4071, 4095, 4388.    Sample Nos. 37859-E, 50523-E, 59210-E.)
Examination showed that all shipments of this candy were contaminated 
with rodent hairs and that one shipment also contained insect fragments.
On March 29 and 31 and April 24, 1941, the United States attorneys for 
the Eastern District of North Carolina and the District of Columbia filed 
libels against 31 cartons of candy at Greenville, N. C, 22 boxes at Lumber- 
ton, N. C, and 4 cartons of the same product at Washington, D. C, alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by S. L. Williams 
v Co., Inc., from Norfolk, Va., on or about January 25, February 20, and March 
' 1, 1941; and charging that it was 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. 
It was labeled in part: "Wilco lees 2 for 10."
On April 17 and May 20 and 26, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed. 
The portion of the product seized in the District of Columbia was ordered 
destroyed' immediately; and that seized in the Eastern District of North 
Carolina was ordered destroyed after 30 days unless taken down under bond 
by the owner, and was destroyed in accordance with said order.