30437. Adulteration of candy.     U. S. v. 30 Boxes of Candy.    Default decree  of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43696.    Sample No. 37990-D.)
This product at the time of examination was insect-infested.
On October 20, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Mississippi, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 30 boxes of 
candy at Hattiesburg, Miss.; alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 9, 1937, by Pangbum Co. from Fort 
Worth, Tex.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The candy was labeled in part: "Pangburn's Famous Pecan Krunch."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On April 11, 1939, no claimant having appeared and the court having found 
that the product was not adulterated at the time of shipment but had become 
insect-infested thereafter and through no fault of the original shipper, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.