3410. Adulteration of candy.   IT. S. v. 22, 47, and 47 Boxes of Candy, (and 5 addi¬
tional seizure actions against candy). Default decrees of condemnation 
and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 5824, 5927, 5982, 5989, 5990, 6087. Sample 
Nos. 50333-E to 50335-E, incl., 5059O-B, 50591-E, 50879-B, 50880-B, 50882-E 
to 50884-E, incl., 59036-E, 59037-B, 59040-E, 59042-E to 59044-E, incl., 
59046-E.)
Examination of this product showed the presence of one or more of the follow- 
ing types of filth: Rodent hairs, insects, insect fragments, or larvae.
Between September 22 and October 27,1941, the United States attorneys for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Virginia, and the District
of Columbia filed libels against 116 boxes of candy at Ohambersburg, Pa., 40 boxes 
at Staunton, Va.,'and 411 cartons and 88 boxes at Washington, D. C, alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from 
on or about July 29 to on or about September 18, 1941, by the Voneiff-Drayer Co. 
from Baltimore, Md.; and charging that it was adulterated. Portions of the 
article were variously labeled: "Miss America * * * Rainbows [or "Big 
Drops," "Caramels," "Big Cees," "Chocolate Pegs," "Madame Queen Fingers," 
or "Chocolate Mints" or "Chocolate Covered Whipped Creams" or "Chocolate 
Logs"]." The remainder was labeled in part: "Chocolate Peppermints 50 * * * 
Packed Expressly For The Peoples Drug Stores, Inc.   Washington, D. C."
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.
Between October 29 and December 31, 1941, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.