13757. Misbranding'   and   alleged   adulteration   of   evaporated   apples.      U.   S.
v. 40 Cases of Evaporated Apples. Decree of condemnation and 
forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 19881. I. S. 
No. 13595-v.    S. No. E-5162.)
On March 11, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, 
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 condemna- 
tion of 40 cases of evaporated apples, remaining in the original unbroken pack-
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ages at Hartford, Conii., alleging that the article had been shipped by C. C. 
Hall, Inc., from Brighton, N. Y., on or about January 6, 1925, and transported 
from the State of New York into the State of Connecticut, and charging adul- 
teration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub- 
stance, excessive moisture, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to re- 
duce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been substi 
tuted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article.
On June 2, 1925, C. C. Hall, Inc., Rochester, N. Y., having appeared as claim- 
ant for the property, a decree of the court was entered, adjudging the product 
to be misbranded and ordering its condemnation and forfeiture, and it was 
further 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 $2S0, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
0. F. MAKVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.