21074. Adulteration of  apple  butter.     TJ.  S.  v.  15  Cases   of Apple  Butter.
Default   decree    of    condemnation,   forfeiture,    and   destruction.
(F. & D. no. 29902.    Sample no. 33962-A.)
This case involved a lot of apple butter which was found to contain insects 
and hairs of mice or other rodents.
On March 2, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 15 cases of apple 
butter at Detroit, Mich., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about December 13, 1932, by the D. B. Scully Syrup Co., from 
Chicago, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: " Scully's Pure Apple Butter, * * * 
Packed by D. B. Scully Syrup Company, Chicago, Ill."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted of a filthy vegetable substance.
On April 13, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.