5333. Adulteration of canned apples. TJ. S. * * * v. 72 Cases of Canned 
Apples. Default.let decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.    (F. & D. No. 7798.    I. S. No. 2941-m.    S. No. E-716.)
On October 24, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 
72 cases of canned apples, consigned on or about August 2, 1916, remaining 
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by Armour & Co., Bast Liverpool, Ohio, and trans- 
ported from the State of Ohio into the State ofMaryland, and alleging adul- 
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in 
part: " Fawn Grove Brand Apples * * * Packed for Jas. T. Smith, Fawn- 
grove, Pa."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a large 
proportion of the cans were swells and leakers, and the product contained 
therein was decomposed.
On December 7, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
It. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.