19844. Adulteration of apple chops.    V. S. v. 309 Bass of Apple Chops.    De¬
cree of condemnation and forfeiture, with provision for release 
of product under bond. Amended decree ordering- product de- 
stroyed.    (F. & D. No. 27947.    I. S. No. 47023.    S. No. 5995.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of apple chops, 
samples of which were found to be decomposed and filthy.
On March 25, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States; for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 309 bags of apple chops, remaining in the original unbroken, 
packages at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about May 24, 1931, by the Gilbert Apple Products 
Co., from Brockport, N. Y., to Minneapolis, Minn., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On May 18, 1982, respondent having filed a claim and answer admitting 
the material allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 
was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product might be released 
to the claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum 
¦of $1,000, conditioned in part that it should not be sold or otherwise disposed 
of contrary to the provisions of the Federal food and drugs act and all other 
laws. On December 28, 1932, the claimant having waived all rights to recon- 
dition the product, the court ordered that it be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
HENRY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.