5587. Adulteration, of evaporated apples. TJ. S. * * * v. 20 Boxes of 
Evaporated Apples. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and sale.     (F. & D. No. 6161.    I. S. No. 11881-k.    S. No. C-138.)
On December 8, 1914, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Mississippi, 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 20 boxes of evaporated apples, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Meridian, Miss., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by J. W. Teasdale & Co., St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of 
Missouri into the State of Mississippi, the shipment having been received on or 
about September 16, 1914, and charging adulteration in violation of the Pood 
and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was 
badly infested with worms, bugs, and worm excreta, and was old, stale, and 
sour.
On March 14, 1917, 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 sold at public auction by the United States marshal.
C. F. MABVIJVJ Acting Secretary of Agriculture,