26221. Adulteration of chewing gum and confectionery.     IT. S. v. 5 Cartons of
Chewing; Gum and 10 Cartons of Square Sugar Wafers.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.   37528.    Sample   nos.
61249-B, 61250-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of a quantity of chewing gum
and a quantity of an article, labeled as "Square Sugar Wafers", that had been
polluted by flood water.
On April 1, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Connecti- 
cut, acting Upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 5 cartons of chewing gum 
and 10 cartons of an article, labeled "Square Sugar Wafers", at Cedar Hill, 
North Haven, Conn., alleging that the articles had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about March 30, 1936, by B. O. Fohill from Chicago, Ill., and 
that they were adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted in whole 
or in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substances, by reason 
of having been polluted by flood water.
On May 4, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HABBT L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.