13055. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 40 Boxes    *    *    *.     (F. D. C. No. 24607.
Sample No. 7658-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    April 19, 1948, Western District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about March 3, 1948, by the G. C. Murphy Co., from
McKeesport, Pa. 
PRODUCT:   40   5-pound boxes of candy at Lancaster, N. Y.
LABEL IN PART : "Milk Chocolate Covered Cherries * * * Manufactured by 
Thurman's Inc., Mollenauer, Pennsylvania."
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 and insect fragments ; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared 
under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with 
filth.
DISPOSITION :   May 17, 1948.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.