8339. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. Jacob Garfunkel and Hyman Garfunkel
(Surprise Candy Co). Pleas of guilty; each defendant fined $1,000 and 
placed on probation for 1 year. (F. D. C. No. 14260. Sample Nos. 66156-F, 
66159-F, 70613-F, 76128-F.)
INFORMATION FILED :    July 3, 1945, Southern District of New York, against Jacob
Garfunkel and Hyman Garfunkel, trading as the Surprise Candy Co., New York,
N. Y. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   Between the approximate dates of January 21 and March 1,
1944, from the State of New York into the States of New Jersey, Connecticut,
and Washington.
LABEL IN PART: (Carton) "Surprise Hy-Bar"; (wrapper) "Hy-Bar Made of 
Chocolate and Peanuts."
VIOLATIONS1 CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), a portion of the article 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance and was otherwise unfit for 
food because of the presence of excessive amounts of grit, and the remainder 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance because of the presence of 
rodent hairs, a rodent pellet, and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) 
(4), the article had been prepared and packed under insanitary conditions 
whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : July 18, 1945. Pleas of guilty having been entered, each defend- 
ant was fined $1,000 and placed on probation for 1 year.