9277. Adulteration of chocolate.   U. S. v. 26 Bales of Chocolate.   Consent decree
of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond.     (F. D. C. No.
18554.   Sample No. 52414-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 13, 1945, Northern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about July 12 and September 18, 1945, by Walter
Baker and Co., Inc., Milton, Mass. 
PRODUCT:   26 bales, each containing 20   10-pound slabs, of chocolate at Kenton,
Ohio. 
LABEL IN PART :    "Walter Baker's Dayton Van Lee Chocolate."
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 insect frag- 
ments and larvae.
DISPOSITION : January 11,1946. The Runkle Co., Kenton, Ohio, claimant, having 
admitted that a small portion of the product was in the condition described in 
the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond for elimination of the filth, under the supervision of the 
Federal Security Agency.   Otherwise, the product was to be destroyed.