29555. Adulteration of candy.     U. S, v. 18 Boxes of Candy.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43563.    Sample No. 13643-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining 
unsold- and in the original packages, was at the time-of examination found to 
• be insect-infested.
On or about September 14, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Georgia,, acting upon, a report: the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying ¦seizure and condemnation of 18 boxes of 
candy at Savannah, Ga.; alleging that the article bad been shipped interstate 
commerce on or about February 25, 1937, by National Candy Co., Inc.r from 
Grand Rapids, Mich.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On October 17, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.