13246. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 174 Boxes    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 24432.
Sample No. 24149-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   February 4,1948, Southern District of Iowa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about January 9, 1948, by the Murphy Candy Co., 
from La Crosse, Wis.
PRODUCT:   174 boxes, each containing 1 pound, of candy at Davenport, Iowa.
LABEL, IN PART :   "Murphy's Old Fashioned Chocolates   One Pound Net."
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 insect 
fragments and rodent hair fragments; and, Seetion 402 (a) (4), it had 
been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION :   April 14, 1948.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.