1364. Adulteration of candy.    TJ. S. v. 8, 14, and 25 Boxes of Candy (and 3 other
seizure actions against candy).    Default decrees of condemnation and 
destruction.    (F. D. C. Nos. 2823, 2824, 2992, 3110.    Sample Nos. 15494-E, 
15495-E,   15496-E,   15761-E  to   15766-E,   incl., ,15S08^E,   15809-E,   15810-E, 
,  39183-E, 39184-E.)
This product contained rodent hairs, and certain portions also contained other 
hairs and insect fragments.
Between September 9 and September 30, 1940, the United States attorneys for 
the Western District of Tennessee, the Western District of Missouri, and the 
Eastern District of Missouri filed libels against 49 boxes of candy at Martin, 
Tenn.; 78 boxes at Jackson, Tenn.; 64 boxes at Joplin, Mo.; and 41 boxes at St. 
Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
within the period from on or about May 21 to August 27, 1940, by the Gilliam 
Candy Co., from Paducah, Ky.; and charging that it was adulterated. Certain 
lots were variously labeled in part: "Cello Stick Mint"; "Bacon Slice"; "Sambo 
Stick Mint"; "Sambo Stick Peanut Butter"; "Kitten Taile"; or "Cat tails."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy substance; and in that it had been prepared under insanitary 
conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
On October 16 and November 13,1940, no claimant having appeared, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.