9102. Adulteration,  and Misbranding of  evaporated, apples.     TJ.  S.     *     *     *
v. 200 Boxes * * * of Evaporated Apples. Product ordered re- 
leased on bond.     (F. & D. No. 12536.    I. S. No: 13053-r.    S. No. E-2045.)
On March 31, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of New Hamp- 
shire, 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 condemna- 
tion of 200 boxes of evaporated apples, at Keene, N. H., alleging that the article 
had been shipped on or about March 6, 1920, by Rosenberg Bros. & Co., from 
Watsonville, Calif., and transported from the State of California into the 
State of New Hampshire, and charging adulteration and misbranding in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled, "78 Treated with 
Sulphur-dioxide Extra Choice Evaporated Apples Bleached with Sulphur net 
fifty lbs."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that an 
excessive amount of water had been mixed and packed with, and substituted 
in whole or in part for, dried apples.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement in the label 
attached to the boxes, to wit, "Extra Choice Evaporated Apples," was false and 
misleading and tended to deceive or mislead the purchaser thereof.
On June 16, 1920, the said Rosenberg Bros. & Co. having filed its bond in the 
sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, it was ordered by the 
court that the property be delivered to said claimant company upon payment of 
the costs of the proceedings and upon the proper branding of the article so as to 
bring it in conformity with the law.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.