17986. Adulteration of evaporated apples. U. S. v. 150 Boxes of Evaporated 
Apples. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 25506.    I. S. No. 11650.    S. No. 3754.)
Samples of evaporated apples from the herein-described shipment having been 
found to contain wormy, decayed, moldy, and dirty material, the Secretary of 
Agriculture reported the facts to the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana.
On December 17, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 150 boxes of evaporated apples, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Napa Fruit Co., Napa, Calif., on or about November 28, 1930, and had 
been transported from the State of California into the State of Louisiana, and { 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
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It was alleged in the libel that the article was* adulterated in that it con- 
sisted partly of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On February 2, 1931, 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.
AETHTJB M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture.