8567. Adulteration of candy.    IT. S. v. 28 Cartons of Candy.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 16658.     Sample No. 7087-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    June 28,1945, Eastern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 23, 25, and 29, 1945, by the Phoebe Phelps 
Caramel Co., from Boston, Mass.
PRODUCT: 28 cartons, each containing 36 1-pound tins, of candy at Long Island 
City, N. Y.
LABEL, IN PART: "Huyler's Since 1876 Caramels * * * vanilla and choc- 
olate flavored chewy caramels."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent hair 
fragments, wood splinters, and fragments of metal, paint, and dirt; and, Sec- 
tion 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it 
might have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION : September 18, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.