12236. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 68 Tins    *     *    *     (and 6 other seizure
actions).    (F. D. C. Nos. 22800 to 22805, incl., 22814.    Sample Nos. 60583-H, 
60585-H, 60586-H, 61244-H, 61245-H, 61330-H, 61332-H.)
LIBELS FILED : April 2 and 3,1947, Western District of Pennsylvania and Northern
and Southern Districts of Ohio. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :  On or about March 11 and 12,1947, by Mary Lincoln Candies,
Inc., from Buffalo, N. Y. 
PRODUCT:   68 tins of candy at Erie, 58 tins at Butler, and 20 tins at Pittsburgh,
Pa.; and 20 tins at Wellsville, 84 tins at Conneaut, and 37 tins at Steubenville,
Ohio.   Each tin contained 2 pounds of the product.
LABEL IN PART: "Mary Lincoln Candies, Fruits, Nuts, Creams, Hard and 
Chewys," or "Assorted Milk and Dark Chocolate * * * Mary Lincoln 
Candies."
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 hairs 
and insect parts; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared and packed 
under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with 
filth.
DISPOSITION : April 21 and 23 and May 6,1947. Default decrees of condemnation 
and destruction.