6656. Adulteration of chocolate products and shelled peanuts.    TT. S. v. 10 Bags
of Cocoa Butter, 2 Bags of Chocolate Liquor, 372 Bales of Chocolate Coat- 
ing and 180 Bags of Shelled Peanuts. Consent decree of condemnation. 
Products ordered released under bond, (F. D. C. No. 12136.. Sample Nos. 
40101-F to 40106-F, incl.)
LIBEL FILED:    April 7, 1944, Northern District of Iowa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    From on or about March 31, 1942, to February 19, 1944,
from Mt. Joy and Elizabethtown, Pa., Chicago, Ill., and Roxobel, N. C.
v    liquor, 372    200-pound bales of chocolate coating, and 180    120-pound bags
)    of shelled peanuts at Sioux City, Iowa, in possession of the Palmer Candy Co.
The products had been stored under insanitary conditions after shipment.
Examination of samples of the products showed contamination by rodent
excreta and urine, rodent hairs, and rodent-gnawing. 
VIOLATIONS CHARGED:    Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had been
held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated
with filth.
DISPOSITION: April 14, 1944. The Palmer Candy Co., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the products were ordered released under bond to be brought into compliance 
with the law, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.