28753. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 7 Boxes of Candy (and 3 other seizure
actions against the same product). Default decrees of condemnation 
and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 41441, 41444, 41481, 41483. Sample Nos. 
1585-D, 2011-D, 2449-D, 8997-D.)
Samples of this product were found to contain insect fragments, excreta, 
rodent hairs, and miscellaneous foreign substances.
On January 17 and January 21, 1938, four United States attorneys, acting 
upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district 
courts libels
' praying seizure and condemnation of 71 boxes of candy in various 
lots at Chicago, Ill., Coatesville, Pa., Omaha, Nebr., and Marion, Ohio, alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by the Queen Anne 
Candy Co., from Hammond, Ind., between the dates of December 17, 1937, and 
January 5, 1938, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Queen Anne Candy Co. * * * Ham- 
mond, Ind."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On February 18 and 28, and March 2 and 18, 1938, the owner of the lot seized 
at Omaha, Nebr., having consented to its destruction and no one having ap- 
peared in the remaining cases, judgments of condemnation were entered and 
the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.