1842. Adulteration of candy.   U. S. v. Cbarles O. McAfee and Joe B. Hill (McAfee
Candy Co. and Liberty Candy Co.). Pleas İf nolo contendere. De- 
fendants placed on probation for 1 year. (F. D. C. No. 2946. Sample Nos. 
20095-E to 20097-E, incl., 20300-E, 20481-E, 20498-E, 20903-E, 20904-E, 
20906-E to 20908-E, incl., 37425-E.)
Examination of the"x?andies involved in this case showed that they were con- 
taminated with rodent hairs and insect fragments.
On June 25,1941, the United States attorney for the Middle District of Georgia 
filed a libel against Charles O. McAfee and Joe B. Hill, copartners, trading as the 
McAfee Candy Co. and Liberty Candy Co., at Macon, Ga., alleging shipment from 
the State of Georgia into the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, within 
the period from on or about July 2 to on or about October 1,1940, of quantities of 
candy that was 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. The article was labeled in part: 
"Nut Loaf Chocolate Nut Roll [or "Georgia Nut Boll," "Cocoanut Hay Stax," 
"Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle," "50 Tops," "Hot Shot 54," "Magic Bar Candy," 
"Peanut Delight Candy," "Pie Face," "Goody Joe 50," "Cocoanut Delights Choco- 
late 54" "50 Butter Log," "Simply Nuts," "Big Boy 54," or "Cocoanut Delight 
Candy"] * * * Liberty Candy Co. Macon Ga."; and "Peanut Squares [or 
"Jumbo Peanut Bar" or "If Big Apple Suckers"] * * * McAfee Candy 
Co. Macon, Ga."
On June 25,1941, the defendants having entered pleas of nolo contendere, they 
were placed on probation for 1 year.