4441. Adulteration of   evaporated  apples.    TT.   S.   v.   491   Boxes   of Evaporated
Apples.    Consent   decree   of   condemnation.    Product   ordered   released 
under bond for reconditioning-.     (F. D. C. No. 8281.    Sample Nos 1811-F,
1818-F.) -    ¦ 
On September 1, 1942, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois filed a libel against 491 boxes of evaporated apples at Chicago, Ill., al- 
leging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 
6, 1942, by Jack Gomperts & Co., from Watsonville, Calif.; and charging that it 
was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed sub- 
stance. The article was labeled in part: (Box) "50 Lbs. Net California Evap- 
orated Apples."
0a November 4, 1942, Jack Gomperts & Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be brought into compliance 
with the law under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.