18299. Adulteration of evaporated apples. V. S. v. 10 Boxes of Evaporated 
Apples. Default decree of destruction entered. (F. & D. No. 25989. 
I. S. No. 13757.    S. No. 4259.)
Samples of evaporated apples from the shipment herein described having 
been found  to contain  excessive moisture and to  show  evidence  of worm
infestation, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United 
States attorney for the Western District of Missouri.
On March 4, 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 10 boxes of evaporated apples at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by Claypool & Hazel from Springdale, Ark., on or 
about January 3(31), 1931, and had been transported from the State of Arkansas 
into the State of Missouri, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Morning Glory Brand 
Evaporated Apples, Packed by Claypool and Hazel Springdale, Ark."
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 
and was worm infested.
On April 30, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of the court was entered finding the product adulterated and ordering that it 
he destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTTE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.