9846. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 56 Boxes of Candy.   Default decree of con¬
demnation and destruction.     (F.  D.   C.  No.  19917.     Sample No.  63386-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 14,1946, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about April 1,1946, by the Federal Sweets and Biscuit 
Co., Inc., Clifton, N. J.
PRODUCT: 56 boxes, each containing 48 1%-ounce pieces, of candy at Bronx, 
N. Y.
LABEL IN PART:    "Dutch Maid   Chocolate Caramel   Peanut Bounders."
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 hair 
fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the product had been prepared under 
insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: June 10, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.