18274. Adulteration of evaporated apples. V. S. v. 15 Boxes of Evaporated 
Apples. Default decree of destruction entered. (F. & D. No. 25457. 
I. S. No. 10455.    S. No. 3721.)
Samples of evaporated apples from the shipment herein described having 
been found to contain excessive moisture, the Secretary of Agriculture reported 
the matter to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois.
On December 6, 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 15 boxes of evaporated apples, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Cairo, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by Claypool & 
Hazel, Springdale, Ark., on or about October 16, 1930, and had been transported 
from the State of Arkansas into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " New 
York Stores Mercantile Co. Cairo, Illinois * * * Good Night Brand Evap- 
orated Apples Claypool & Hazel Springdale, Arkansas."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that water had 
been substituted in part for the said article, and had been mixed and packed 
Avith it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality and strength.
On June 2, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.