3409. Adulteration of candy.   U. S. v. 43 Boxes, 71 Boxes, and 87 Boxes of Candy.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. • (]?. D. C. Nos. 6928, 
6929, 6986.   Sample Nos. 87138-B, 90431-E, 90671-E.)
Examination showed that this product contained rodent hairs and insect 
fragments. '     .x   '¦¦¦• ¦
On February 25 and March 4, 1942, the United States attorneys for the District 
of Rhode Island, District of Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia filed 
libels against 43 boxes of candy at Providence, R. I., 71 boxes of candy at 
Cambridge, Mass., and 87 boxes of candy at Washington, D. C, alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about January 26 
and February 9. and 16, 1942, by, Schingen Candies from Philadelphia, Pa.; 
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 con- 
ditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth. The article 
was labeled in part: (Boxes) "Jumbo Ko-Kets 80 Tourraine Brand."
On April 3, 22, and 27, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordeiv    destroyed.