18271. Adulteration of evaporated apples.     U. S. v. 11 Boxes of Evaporated
Apples. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and. destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 25990.    I. S. No. 23995.    S. No. 4258.)
Samples of evaporated apples from the shipment herein described having 
been found to contain excessive moisture and to show worm infestation, the 
Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for 
the Western District of Oklahoma.
On March 5, 1931, 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 11 boxes of evaporated apples at Enid, Okla., consigned by 
Claypool & Hazel, Springdale, Ark., alleging that the article had been trans- 
ported in interstate commerce from Springdale, Ark., into the State of Okla- 
homa, on or about February 2, 1931, and charging adulteration in violation of
the food and drags act.   The article was labeled in part: "Morning Glory 
Brand Evaporated Apples Packed by daypooi and Hazel, Springdale, Arkansas."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that insuffi- 
ciently evaporated apples had been mixed and packed with and substituted in 
part for the said article. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that 
the article consisted in part of a filthy and putrid vegetable substance.
On April 24, 1931, 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.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.