29528. Adulteration of apple butter.     V. S. v. 84 Pails, 5 Palls, and 124 Palls of
Apple Butter.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. &
D. Nos. 43608 to 43610, Inclusive,    Sample Nos. 12879-D, 26701-D, 26703-D.)
This product contained insect fragments and rodent hairs. In addition, one 
lot (five pails) contained excessive lead.
On September 1, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed In 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 213 pails of 
apple butter in various lots at Orangeburg, Middletown, and Wingdale, N. Y.f 
respectively; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce ( 
in the period from on or about July 6, 1938, to on or about July 23, 1938, 
by the Adams Apple Products Corporation from Aspers, Pa.; and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Adams^-Apple Brand   *   *   *   Apple Butter."
Adulteration was alleged in that the article consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance, and in that one lot (5 pails) contained an added 
poisonous and deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it in- 
jurious to health.
On September 21, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WELSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.