13564. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. Blue Bird Candy Co. and Thomas M. Faigel.
Pleas of guilty. Fines of $250 against company and $100 against in- 
dividual. (F. D. C. No. 20168. Sample Nos. 11682-H to 116S8-H, incl., 
11690-H, 12501-H, 12502-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : March 17,1947, District of Massachusetts, against the Blue 
Bird Candy Co., a corporation, Lawrence, Mass.. and Thomas M. Faigel, treas- 
urer.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS : Between the approximate dates of July 26 and November 
15,1945, the defendants received at Lawrence. Mass.. from Connellsville. Pitts- 
burgh, Easton, and Lewiston, Pa.: Hamilton and Cleveland, Ohio: Pontiac, 
Mich., and Binghamton, N. Y.. quantities of adulterated coconut parfait and 
caused the coconut parfait to be delivered otherwise than for pay to a candy 
manufacturer at Boston, Mass., for manufacture into chocolate-coated maple 
creams and caramels. In addition the defendants, on or about October 3.1945, 
caused a quantity of adulterated maple creams and caramels to be introduced 
and delivered for introduction into interstate commerce for delivery to Auburn, 
Maine.
LABEL IN PART: (Before manufacture) "Coconut Parfait Miramar Products 
Company Havana—Cuba''; (after manufacture) "5 Lbs. Net Maple Creams," 
or "5 Lbs. Net Caramels."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of grain beetles, larvae, in- 
sect excreta, a sawtooth beetle, and insect webbing, and of a decomposed sub- 
stance by reason of the presence of rancid, sour, moldy, and mildewed coco- 
nut or candy.
HSPOSITION : November 12,1947. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the court 
imposed fines of $250 against the company and $100 against the individual.