3817. Adulteration of candy. IT. S. v. Voneiff-Drayer Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, 
$800 and costs. (F. D. C. No. 6471. Sample Nos. 19382-B, 40627-B, 40862-E, 
50333-B, 50334-E, 50590-E, 50591-B, 50882-E, 59038-E, 59040-B.)
Samples of this product were found to contain rodent hairs,,larvae, and mis- 
cellaneous insect fragments.
On May 18, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland 
filed an information against Voneiff-Drayer Co., a corporation, Baltimore, Md., 
alleging shipment within the period from on or about March 15 to on or about 
September 18, 1941, from the State of Maryland into the States of Pennsyl- 
vania, Virginia, and the District of Columbia of quantities of candy which 
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. Portions of the article were labeled 
variously in part: "Miss America Decorated Egg [or "Chocolate Whipped 
Creams," "Quality Confections," "Rainbows," "Big Cees," "Chocolate Pegs," 
or "Caramels"]."   The remainder was labeled in part: "Chocolate Peppermints
* *   *   Packed Expressly for The Peoples Drug Stores, Inc., Washington, D. C." 
On July 9, 1942, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant
and the court imposed a fine of $100 on each of the 8 counts of the information, 
totaling $800, and costs.