5079. Adulteration of chipped coconut.    U. S. v. 40 Cases of Chipped Cocoanut.    Decree of
condemnation. Product ordered released under bond to be brought into compliance 
with the law.   (F. D.C. No. 9338.   Sample No. 31777-F.)
On February 8, 1943, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio 
filed a libel against 40 130-pound cases of chipped coconut at Bryan, Ohio, alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 5, 
1941, by the Stein Hall Manufacturing Co. from New York, N. Y.; and charging 
that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or: in part of a filthy substance. 
The article was labeled in part: "McCord's Blue Bar Cocoanut Blue Bar Cocoanut 
Company   Byron Ohio."
On March 2, 1943, the Spangler Candy Co., Bryan, Ohio, claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the 
product was ordered released under bond to be brought into compliance with the law 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.'