15104. Adulteration of candy.   U. S. v. 149 Boxes   *   *   *.    (F .D. C. No. 27261.
Sample No. 2Ill-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 20,1949, District of Columbia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 3,1949, by Pan American Candy Co., Inc., 
from Ashley, Ill.
PRODUCT: 149 boxes each containing 120 1^-ounce candy bars at Washington, 
D. C.
LABEL, IN PART:   "Delicious Chocolate Malted."
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 frag- 
ments and rodent hair; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared under 
insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: August 23, 1949. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to the National Zoological Park, for use 
as animal feed.