58928. Adulteration of evaporated apples. U. S. v.-69 Cases of Evaporated 
Apples. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 19819.    I. S. No. 6286-v.    S. No. C-4655.)
On February 21, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Texas, 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 69 cases of evaporated apples, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Hico, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Lincoln Fruit Co., from Lincoln, Ark., on or about October 4, 1924, and 
transported from the State of Arkansas into the State of Texas, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: " Evaporated Apples, Packed bv Lincoln Fruit Company, Lincoln, 
Ark."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance, excessive water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been 
substituted in part for the said article.
On November 11, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.