2292. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 54 Boxes and 27 Boxes of Candy.    Default
decrees   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   D.   C.   Nos.   4840,   5152. 
•Sample Nos. 42440-E, 51344-E.)
Examination showed this product to contain rodent excreta and rodent 
hairs.
On May 28 and July 16, 1941, the United States attorneys for the District 
of Maine and the Western District of Pennsylvania filed libels against 54
boxes of candy at Waterville, Me., and. 27 boxes of candy at Homestead, Pa., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
March 19 and May 21, 1941, by D Orlando & Co. from Boston, Mass. 5 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. The article was labeled 
in part; "Joan Dee Candies Assortment" or "100 Count Pie Plates."
On June 17 and August 22, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.