22156. Adulteration of  dried  apples.    U.   S.  v. 49  Bags   of Dried  Apples.
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.
32242.    Sample no. 50604-A.)
This case was based on a shipment of dried apples which were found to con- 
tain filth consisting of chicken feathers, human and cat hairs, live and dead 
insects, and particles of insects.
On March 5, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 49 unlabeled bags of 
dried apples at Indianapolis, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about January 25, 1934, by C. A. Lowe & Sons, from 
North Wilkesboro, N.C., 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 substance.
On or about May 8. 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, 
judgment of condemnation 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.