4073. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. F.   M. Dist  Co., Frederic M. Paist, and
J. Brooke Dist. Pleas of nolo contendere. Fine. $250, against the cor- 
poration, and $125 against each individual defendant. (F. P; G. No. 5582. 
Sample Nos. 40907-E, 51393-E, 51396-E, 56556-E, 56558-E, 59227-E, 59524-E, 
69540-E.)   ' 
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On June 3, 1942, the United States 'attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania filed an information against F. M. Dist Co., a corporation, Phila- 
delphia, Pa., Frederic M. Paint, and J. Brooke Dist, alleging shipment within 
the period from on or about April 11 to on or about July 22, 1941, from the 
State of Pennsylvania into the States of New York, Maryland, Massachusetts 
and Delaware 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. Portions of the article weire labeled in part: "Mell-O-Pop," "10 Delicious 
Wrapped Confection Assortment," "of Each Pinwheels,"- "2 for 10 Pals," or 
"Bright Stars."
On October 10, 1942, pleas of nolo contendere having been entered on behalf 
of the defendants, the court Imposed a fine of $250 against the corporation and 
$125 against each of the individual defendants.