5370. Adulteration of canned apples. U. S. * * * v. 95 Cases of Canned 
Apples. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 7884.    S. No. E-758.)
On November 28, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, 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 con- 
demnation of 95 cases of canned apples, consigned on or about July 21, 1916, 
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by W. E. Robinson & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 
and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of Maryland, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
\\ as labeled in part:" Fawn Grove Brand Apples * * *." 
? Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 15, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.