i)945. Adulteration and misbranding of evaporated apples. V. S. * * * 
Šv. William J. Hamilton, Andrew C. Hamilton, Scott D. Hamilton, 
Mrs. Katie Hamilton, Mrs. Roswell S. Lander, and Mrs. Leo Carotn- 
ers (A. C. Hamilton & Co.). Pleas of guilty. Fine, $48. (P. & D. No. 
14538.    I. S. Nos. 3094-r, 7762-r, 7763-r.)
On or about May 28, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western Dis- 
trict of Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
William J. Hamilton, Andrew C. Hamilton, Scott D. Hamilton, Mrs. Katie Ham- 
ilton, Mrs. Roswell S. Lander, and Mrs. Leo Carothers, trading as A. C. Hamil- 
ton & Co., Fayetteville, Ark., alleging shipment by said defendants, in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 27, 1919, and February-20 
and 25, 1920, respectively, from the State of Arkansas into the States of 
Colorado and Minnesota, respectively, of quantities of evaporated apples which 
were adulterated and misbranded.
Examination of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it contained added water.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
a substance, to wit, water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce 
and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been sub- 
stituted in part for evaporated apples, which the article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, "Evapo- 
rated Apples," borne on the boxes containing the article, regarding it and the 
ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and misleading in that 
it represented that the said article was evaporated apples, and for the further 
reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the pur- 
chaser into the belief that it was evaporated apples, whereas, in truth and in 
fact, it was not evaporated apples but was a product containing added water.
On May 28, 1921, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $48.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.