21913. Adulteration of canned apple butter.    V. S. v.  118 Cases  of Apple
Butter. Default decree of destruction. (F. & D. no. 31558. Sample 
no. 50421-A.)
This case involved a shipment of apple butter that was found to contain 
insect larvae.
On or about November 13, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 118 cases of 
canned apple butter at Chillicothe, Ohio, alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Webster Canning & Preserving Co., from Webster, N.Y., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: " Pure Apple Butter New York State Products Packed 
by Webster Canning & Preserving Co., Webster, N.Y."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On January 4, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment was entered finding the product adulterated and ordering that it be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.