5293. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 176 Boxes of Candy.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. D, C. No. 10276.    Sample No. 46613-F.)
On July 16, 1943, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Michigan filed, a libel against 176 boxes of candy at Ferndale, Mich., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 30, 
\ 194S, by the Lawndale .Candy Sales Co. from Chicago, Ill.; and charging that 
/ it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of filthy substances 
by reason of the presence therein of insect fragments, rodent hair, and hair 
resembling rodent or cat hair; and in that it had been prepared under insanitary 
conditions: whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. The article 
was labeled in part: (Bars) "5$ Fudge * * * Mnfd. for - Syndicate Candy 
Cp. Chicago." 
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On August 27, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.