20802. Adulteration of   evaporated   apples.    IT.   S.   v.   128   Boxes   of   Evap¬
orated Apples. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond. (F. & D. no. 29675. Sample no. 
26015-A.)
* This case involved an interstate shipment of evaporated apples that were in 
part insect-infested, decomposed, and dirty.
On December 23, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 
128 boxes of evaporated apples, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Alameda, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about December 15, 1932, by the Oregon Packing Co., from 
Yakima, Wash., to Alameda, Calif., 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 con- 
sisted in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On January 5, 1933, the Oregon Packing Co., having appeared as claimant 
for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be released to the claimant, upon payment of costs and the execu- 
tion of a bond in the sum of $300, conditioned that it should not be sold or 
disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Federal Food and Drugs Act 
and all other laws.
B. G. TTTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.