14214. Adulteration of apples.     IT. S. v. 84 Boxes of Apples.     Default deeree
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 20939. 
I.  S. No.  6237-x.     S. No. E-5675.)
On March 17, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 84 boxes of apples, remaining in the original unbroken pack 
ages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by C. L. Robinson, Winchester, Va., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped from Winchester, Va., on or about Febru- 
ary 26, 1926, and transported from the State of Virginia into the State of 
Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs 
act.   The article was labeled in part: " Double ' R.' Brand."
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Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
contained an added poisonous ingredient, which might have rendered it in- 
jurious to health.
On April 14, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.