3204. Adulteration of candy. U. S. v. 27 Cases, 22. Boxes, and 46 Cases of Candy. Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 6746. 6747. Sample Nos. 79155-E to 79157-E. incl.) Examination showed that this product contained rodent hairs and that one lot also contained insect fragments and larvae. On January 22, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky filed libels against 27 32-pound cases and 22 boxes of candy,at Lex* ington, and 46 32-pound cases of candy at West Liberty, Ky., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about November 20 and December 6, 1941, by Lovelace Candy Go. from Nashville, Tenn.; and charging that it 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: "Sweet Annie Pure Stick Candy," or "Dixie Dan Stick Mint." On February 18, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgments of con- demnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.