19284. Adulteration of evaporated apples. U. S. v. William Austin Clay- 
pool and Forrest Felix Hazel (Claypool & Hazel). Pleas of guilty. 
Fines totaling ?26. (F. & D. No. 26553. I. S. Nos. 10455, 13757, 13937, 
23995.)
The evaporated apples in the four consignments covered by this action were 
found to contain excessive moisture, and two of the shipments showed evidence 
of worm infestation.
On July 6, 1931, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information 
against William Austin Claypool and Forrest Felix Hazel, copartners, trading 
as Claypool & Hazel, Springdale, Ark., alleging shipment by said defendants, in 
violation of the food and drugs act, in various consignments on or about 
October 16, 1930, from the State of Arkansas into the State of Illinois; on or 
about October 4, 1930 and January 31, 1931, from the State of Arkansas into 
the State of Missouri, and on or about February 2, 1931, from the State of 
Arkansas into the State of Oklahoma, of quantities of evaporated apples which 
were adulterated. A portion of the article was labeled in part: " Good Knight 
Brand Evaporated Apples Claypool & Hazel Springdale, Ark." The remainder 
of the said article was labeled in part: " Morning Glory Brand Evaporated 
Apples Packed by Claypool & Hazel."
Adulteration was alleged in the information with respect to a portion of the 
article for the reason that an added substance, to wit, an excessive proportion 
of water, had been substituted in part for the said article. Adulteration was 
alleged with respect to the remainder of the article for the reason that insuffi- 
ciently evaporated apples had been substituted for the article, and in that it 
consisted in part of a filthy and putrid vegetable substance.
On December 22, 1931, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed fines aggregating $26.
ABTHXJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.