6871. Adulteration and misbranding of candy.   U. S. v. 63 Cartons and 28 Boxes
of Candy Bars.   Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D.
C. Nos. 13734,14144.   Sample Nos. 75633-F, 92003-F.)
LIBELS FILED:    September 25, 1944, Southern District of Ohio; October 27, 1944,
Western District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENTS:    On or about August 8 and September 9, 1944, by Calton
Heckerman, from Bedford, Pa. 
PRODUCT:   63 cartons, and 28 boxes, each containing 24 bars of candy, at Steu-
benville, Ohio, and Buffalo, N. Y., respectively.
LABEL IN PART: "Heckerman's Deluxe Bar Five Cents Net Weight V/z [or 
"IK"] Ounces." 
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VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), (both lots) the product 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of 
insects and insect fragments; and, Section 402 (b) (4), (Buffalo lot) puffed 
wheat had been added to the product to increase its bulk and to make it appear 
better or of greater value than it was, since it had the appearance of a peanut 
bar.
Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (2), (Steubenville lot) it was food in package 
form and failed to bear a label containing an accurate statement of the quantity 
of contents, since the label statement was inaccurate.
DISPOSITION: November 14 and 20, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.