2797. Adulteration of candy.     U. S. v. Cleve Gilliam (Gilliam Candy Co.),     plea
of guilty. Fine, $1,20© and eosts. (F. D. C. No. 2985. Sample Nos. 15494-E 
to 15497-E, incl., 15548-E, 15552-E, 15554-E, 15555-E, 15761-E to 15766-E, 
incl., 31401-E to 81404-E, inel., 39070-E, 89184-E, 39285-E, S9289-E.)
Samples of this product were found to contain rodent and unidentified hairs 
and rodent pellets and fragments.
On May 27, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Kentucky filed an information against Cleve Gilliam, trading as Gilliam Candy 
Co. at Paducah, Ky., alleging shipment within the period from on or about July 
17 to on or about September 6, 1940, from the State of Kentucky into the States 
of Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, and Tennessee 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 variously in part: 
"Cello Stick Mint," "Bacon Slice," "Broken Candy," "Bacon Cubes," "Tummy 
Full Peanut Bar," "Cat Tail," "Sticks," "Cello Sally Stick," "Cello- Sally Peanut 
Butter Stick," "Sambo Stick," or "Kitten Tails."
On November 19, 1941, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court 
imposed a fine of $100 on each of the first 12 counts of the information. On count 
13 a fine of $1,000 was imposed which was suspended and the defendant was 
placed on probation for a period of 5 years.