3828. Adulteration of candy. U. S. v. 22 Boxes, 6 Boxes, 8 Boxes, and 7 Boxes of 
Candy (and 3 other seizure actions against candy). Default decrees of 
condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 7093, 7114 to 7116. incl.. 
Sample Nos. 54651-B to 54653-B. incl., 84361-B to 84364-E, incl.. 89161-E to
89164-E, incl.) 
Samples of this product were found to contain filth such as rodent and human 
hairs, dirt, soot, plant fibers, metal fragments, splinters, and miscellaneous filth 
fragments.
On or about March 26 and 31 and April 1,1942, the United States attorneys for 
the District of Connecticut, District of New Jersey, and the District of Delaware 
filed libels against 70 boxes of candy at New Haven, Conn., 43 boxes of candy at 
Morristown, N. J., and 55 boxes of candy at Wilmington, Del., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on or 
about January 23 to on or about March 10, 1942, by Opera Chocolate Co., Inc., 
from New York, N. Y.; 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: "Original Opera Fluffs [or "Nougatines"]," "Choc- 
olate Imt Maple Mallow" [or "Cherry Frappe"]," or "Opera Peanut Squares."
On April 21, May 8, and August 25, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.