3205. Adulteration of candy.    V. S. v. 389 Boxes of Candy  (and 2 other seizure
actions against candy). Default decrees o^ condemnation and destruc- 
tion. (F. P. C. Nos. 6556, 6557, 6597. Sample Nos. 37596-E, 37598-E, 48547-E, 
48999-B, 49000-E, 70229-E.)
Examination showed that this product was contaminated with filth,  such 
as rodent hairs and other hair fragments, insect fragments, and larvae.
Between December 27, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the United Slates attorneys 
for the Northern District of Georgia and the Eastern District of South Carolina 
filed libels against the following quantities of candy: 2 3-pound boxes, 134 
2-pound boxes, 301 1-pound boxes, and 69 half-pound boxes at Atlanta, Ga.; 
and 3 3-pound boxes, 58 2-pound boxes, 25 1-pound boxes, and 6 half-pound 
boxes at Columbia, S. C, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce within the period from on or about October 7 to on or about December 
9, 1941, by Russell Trail from Jacksonville, Fla.; 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: "Russell 
Mobil Chocolates."
On February 18 and 19, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.