15601. Adulteration of candy.  U. S. v. Maple Dell Candy Co., Nathan Bornheim,
Qrval Hush, and John Greene. Pleas of guilty. Fine of $2,000 against 
company; fine of $500 and sentence of 90 days in jail against each 
individual. (F. D. C. No. 26798. Sample Nos. 2586-K, 2587-K, 2592-K, 
2593-K.)
Dell Candy Co., a corporation, Columbus, Ohio, and Nathan Bornheim, 
secretary-treasurer, Orval Hush, president, and John Greene, plant superin- 
tendent.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about February 10, 18, and 19, 1949, from the State 
of Ohio into the State of West Virginia.
LABEL IN PART: (Carton) "Mountain Top Now! 54 Creamy Cocoanut Choc- 
olate Candy."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect fragments, rodent 
hair fragments, mouse pellets, feather barbules, rodent excreta, and cat hairs; 
and, Section 402 (a) (4), it bad been prepared and packed under insanitary 
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: June 20, 1949. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the court 
imposed a fine of $2,000 against the company and a fine of $500 and a sentence 
of 90 days in jail against each individual.