29887. Adulteration of apple butter.   U. S. v. 78 Cases of Apple Butter.   Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 43831.    Sample 
No. 26676-D.)
¦ Samples of this product were found to contain rodent hairs,  mites,  and 
insect fragments.
On September 10, 1988, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 78 cases of apple 
butter at Brooklyn, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about July 12, 1938, by Old Virginia Packing Co., Inc., from 
Front Royal, Va.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Old Virginia Superior Quality Pure 
Apple Butter."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it was insect-infested and contained 
a filthy vegetable substance.
On December 5, 1988, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HABET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.