8310. Adulteration of fruit cake.    V.  S. v.  124 Fruit  Cakes and 420 Boxes  of
Fruit Cake.   Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C.
Nos. 14864, 14903.   Sample Nos. 79877-F, 83049-F.)
LIBELS FILED : On or about December 26, 1944, and January 5, 1945, District of 
Connecticut and Eastern District of Virginia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about October 16 and November 10, 1944, by the 
Affiliated Bakers (Spilkes Bakery), from Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 124 1-pound fruit cakes at Waterbury, Conn., and 420 boxes, each 
containing 1   2-pound fruit cake, at Richmond, Va.
LABEL IN PART: (Cakes) "Fruit Cake," or (boxes) "Golden Harvest Fruit 
Cake."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of larvae, 
insect fragments, and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had 
been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: February 6 and 16, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.