8566. Adulteration of candy.    TJ. S. v. Hardie Brothers Co., and Alexander Hardie.
Pleas of guilty.    Corporation fined $75;  individual fined $3.     (F. D.  C.
No. 16526.     Sample Nos. 75685-F, 90911-F, 92951-F.)
the Hardie Brothers Co., a corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Alexander Hardie,
director and factory manager. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   Between the approximate dates of December 6 and 9, 1944,
from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania into the States of Ohio, Kentucky,
and Maryland. 
LABEL, IN PART:    "Nora-Lee Nut Fondant," "Yuletide Mixture," or "Sugar Jelly
Stars." 
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a)  (3), the product consisted in
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent hairs
and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402  (a)(4), it had been prepared
under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with
filth. 
DISPOSITION :   October 8, 1945.   Pleas of guilty having been .entered on behalf of
the defendants, the corporation was fined $75, and the individual was fined $3.