18103. Adulteration and misbranding of candy and Adulteration of corn flakes
and sugar.   U. S. v. Sess A. Rhodes (Rhodes Candy Co.).   Plea of nolo 
contendere.   Fine, $1,000.    (F. D. C. No. 31531.   Sample Nos. 11504-L, 
.     21548-L, 31075-L, 31076-L, 31917-L to 31919-L, incl.)
caused various quantities of candy to be shipped from the State of Tennessee 
into the States of Kentucky and Mississippi.
On or about August 11 and October 24, 1950, the defendant received at 
Savannah, Tenn., a number of boxes of corn flakes and a number of boxes 
of sugar which had been shipped in interstate commerce from the States of 
Wisconsin and Louisiana. While the products were being held for sale 
after shipment in interstate commerce, the defendant, within the period 
from on or about August 11, 1950, to on or about May 1, 1951, caused a 
number of bags of the products to be placed in a building accessible to rodents 
and to be exposed to contamination by rodents.
LABEL IN PART: (Candy) "M-Delicious Ball 54 * * * Net Wt. 2 Ozs. or 
Over" and "5^   Tasty Ball   *    *    *   Weight 1% Ozs."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (4), the candy had been 
prepared and packed, and the corn flakes and sugar had been held, under in- 
sanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with filth.
Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (2), a portion of the candy labeled in part 
"M-Delicious Ball" failed to bear a label containing an accurate statement 
of the quantity of the contents.    (The candy was short of the declared weight.)
DISPOSITION : September 19, 1951. A plea of nolo contendere having been en- 
tered, the court imposed a fine of $1,000.
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