17205. Adulteration of candy. U. S. v. 382 Cases * * *. (F. D. C. No. 30450. Sample No. 43394-K.) LIBEL FILED : January 4,1951, Northern District of Illinois. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about December 4, 1950, by Happiness Candy Stores, Inc., from Buffalo, N. Y. PRODUCT: 382 cases, each containing 12 boxes, of peppermint cream patties at Chicago, Ill. LABEL IN PART : (Box) "24 Count Curtiss Wt. 1% Lbs. Peppermint Cream Pattie." 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 fragments and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. DISPOSITION : March 2,1951. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. MISCELLANEOUS SACCHARINE PRODUCT