12863. Adulteration of canned apples.    TJ. S. v. 437 Cases of Canned Apples.
Consent decree of condemnntion and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond.     (P. & D. No. 19064.    I.  S. No. 19058-v.    S. No.  C-4501.)
On October 16, 1924, the United States attorney for the Northern D'r.tr"ct 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed, in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 437 cases of canned apples, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Rothbury Canning Co., from Rothbury, Mich., September 2, 1924, and 
transported from the State of Michigan into the State of Illinois, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Can) "Rothbury Brand Apples Packed By Rothbury Canning Co., 
Rothbury, Mich."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On November 17, 1924, the J. M. Paver Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part 
that the bad portion be separated from the good portion under the supervision 
of this department, and the bad portion destroyed.
W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.