29520. Adulteration of  candy.    U.  S.  v.  23  Cartons and 14 Boxes  of Candy.
Default decrees- of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 42322. 
43186.    Sample Nos. 23613-D, 2367&-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining un- 
sold and in the original packages, was at the time of examination found to be 
insect-infested. Samples from one lot also were found to contain rodent hairs 
and excreta and miscellaneous dirt.
On May 6 and August 6, 1938, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Louisiana, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 37 packages of 
candy at Monroe, La.; alleging that the article had been shipped in part on 
or about April 8 and June 15, 1938, by Salvo & Berdon Candy Co. from Natchez, 
Miss.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or In 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On October 6, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.