8845. Adulteration of candy.    IT. 8. v. 8 Cases of Candy  (and 1 other seizure
action against candy). Default decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion. (F. D. C. Nos. 15199, 15252, 15381. Sample Nos. 27520-H, 28229-H, 
28230-H.)
LIBELS FILED: February 6 and 28, 1945, Eastern and Western Districts of 
Washington.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about January 13 and IT, 1945, by Mello-Sweets, Inc., 
from Portland, Oreg.
PRODUCT: 132 1-pound bars of candy at Seattle, Wash., and 8 cases, each 
containing 20 1-pound boxes and 10 2-pound boxes, of candy at Wenatchee, 
Wash.
LABEL IN PART: (Portion) "Valentine Candies," or "Mello-Sweets Inc. Nut 
Log."
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 pre- 
pared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION: March 15 and April 28, 1945. No claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered de- 
stroyed.