22740. Adulteration of evaporated apples.     U. S. v. 253 Boxes of Evaporated
Apples.    Default   decree   of   condemnation.     Product   disposed   of 
by   destruction   or   delivery  to   relief   organization.     (F.   &  D.   no.
32402.    Sample no. 69064-A.)
This case involved the shipment of evaporated apples which were found to 
be in part insect-infested, decomposed, and dirty.
On March 20, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 253 boxes of evapo- 
rated apples at El Reno, Okla., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about December 17, 1933, by the Loma Fruit Co., 
from Watsonville, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, The article was labeled in part: " Clipper Brand, Evaporated 
Apples   *   *   *   Packed by Loma Fruit Company   Watsonville   Calif."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 25, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the court, having found that the product 
was but partly decomposed, ordered that it be offered to a relief organization 
and, if not accepted, that it be destroyed.
M. L.  WILSON,  Acting Secretary of Agriculture.