3830. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 166 Boxes of Candy.    Default decree of con¬
demnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 7109.    Sample No. 48408-B.)
This product contained fragments of insects and of hair resembling those of 
rodents. 
On March 30,1942 the United States attorney for the Eastern District of South 
Carolina filed a libel against 166 boxes of candy at Sumter, S. C.* alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about March 17, 1942, 
by the United Candy Co. from Charlotte, N. C.; and charging that it was adulter- 
ated 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.
. On July 20,1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
. entered and the product was ordered destroyed.