29486. Adulteration of candy.    V. S. v. 14 Cartons of Candy.    Default decree of 
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43214.    Sample No. 23916-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining 
unsold and in the original package was, at the time of examination, found to 
be insect-infested and to contain rodent excreta.
On August 8, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 14 cartons of candy at 
Houston, Tex.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about June 8, 1938, from Little Kock, Ark., by A. Karcher Candy 
Co.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On September 8T 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.