10250. Adulteration of candy.    U.  S. v.  Melba  Sweets  Co. and Fred Malzone.
Pleas of guilty.    Fred Malzone fined $500 and placed on probation for 
2 years.    Partnership fined $1,000?  payment suspended.    (F. D. C. No.
12539.    Sample Nos. 66152-F to 66155-F, incl., 76207-F.)
INFORMATION FILED : August 14,1944, District of New Jersey, against the Melba 
Sweets Co., a partnership, West New York, N. J., and Fred Malzone, a partner.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of January 31 and Febru- 
ary 16, 1944, from the State of New Jersey into the State of New York.
LABEL IN PART : "Melbits," or "Melba's Chocolate Peanut Bar." 
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
hair fragments, insect fragments, human hair fragments, and cat hair frag- 
ments ; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared, packed, and held under 
insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. 
DISPOSITION : December 1,1944. Pleas of guilty were entered on behalf of both 
defendants. Fred Malzone was fined $2,500 ($500 on each of 5 counts) of 
which $2,000 was suspended. In addition, he was sentenced to 3 months in 
jail, which sentence was suspended, and he was placed on probation for a 
period of 2 years. The partnership was fined $1,000, but payment was 
suspended.