26350. Adulteration of  evaporated apples.    U.  S.  v.  28 Boxes  of Evaporated
Apples. Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered to be de- 
livered to charitable institutions. (F. & D. no. 87842. Sample no. 
70583-B.)
This case involved evaporated apples that contained excessive moisture.
On June 30, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 28 boxes of evap- 
orated apples at Norristown, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce by M. O. Engleson & Co., on or about March 28, 1936, from 
Williamson, N. Y., and charging adulteration In violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part*: "Prime Engleson Brand Evap- 
orated Apples Sulphur Dioxide Added. Packed by M. O. Engleson & Co., Wil- 
liamson, N Y., U. S. A."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing exces- 
sive water had been substituted for evaporated apples, which the article pur- 
ported to be.
On July 24, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered ordering that the product be turned over to some charitable insti- 
tutions.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.