2793. Adulteration of eandy.   V. S. v. Emil George Carl (Blue Ribbon Candy Co.).
Plea of guilty.    Sentence suspended and defendant placed on probation.
(W. D. C. No. 5495.    Sample Nos. 24970-E to 24973-E, incl., 25784-E, 40422-E, 
50917-E to 50920-E
, incl.)
Examination showed that this product contained rodent hairs and insect 
fragments.
On September 16,1941, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland 
filed an information against Emil George Carl, trading as Blue Ribbon Candy Co., 
at Baltimore, Md., alleging shipment from the State of Maryland into the States 
of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Alabama, within the period from on or about 
December 5, 1940, to on or about March 24, 1841, of quantities of candy that 
was adulterated. It was labeled in part: "Fruit and Nuts"; "Cocoanut Cream"; 
"Cordial Cherries"; "Blackstone Butter Peanut Brittle * * * Packed ex- 
pressly for M. Brenner & Sons, Harrisburg, Pa."; "Homeland Chocolate Cordial 
Cherries    *    *    *   Homeland Candy Company Baltimore, Maryland."
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.
On October 3, 1941, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court 
suspended sentence and placed the defendant on probation for 60 days.