18030. Adulteration and misbranding of apple butter.   U. S. v. 139 Cases   *   *   *.
(F. D. C No. 30800.   Sample No. 31658-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 5,1951, Southern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about February 1, 1951,N by the Underwriters Sal- 
vage Co., from Louisville, Ky.
PRODUCT:   139 cases, each containing 24 jars of apple butter at Springfield, Ill.
less than 43 percent of soluble solids had been substituted for apple butter. 
Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (2), the article was food in package form, 
and it failed to bear a label containing an accurate statement of the quantity 
of the contents since the jars contained less than the declared weight; and, 
Section 403 (g) (1), the article failed to comply with the definition and 
standard of identity for apple butter since the soluble-solids content of the 
article was less than 43 percent, the minimum permitted by the definition 
and standard.
DISPOSITION : October 12, 1951. The National Salvage Co., Springfield, Ill., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the court ordered that the product be released under 
bond to be brought into compliance with the law, under the supervision of 
the Food and Drug Administration.