P. & D. No. 2608.
S. No. 931.	
Issued May 13, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1313.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTEBATION OF EYAPORATED APPLE CHOPS.
On April 24, 1911, the United States Attorney for the District of?
Maryland, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a?
libel praying condemnation and forfeiture of 69 bags of evaporated?
apple chops in the possession of W. E. Morris & Co., Baltimore,?
Md. The tags on the sacks containing said product bore the follow??
ing inscription: " Notify W. E. Morris & Co., Baltimore, Md., order?
of from Groucher & Packard, dealers in evaporated fruits and farm?
products, Canandaigua, N. Y."
Examination of a sample of said product made by the Bureau of?
Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture showed?
it to be dark, covered with excreta, and to contain many small?
beetles
 one large beetle, and one worm. The libel alleged that the?
product, after transportation from the State of New York into the?
State of Maryland, remained in the original unbroken packages, and?
was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30,?
1906, because it consisted in part of filthy animal and vegetable sub??
stances, to wit, beetles, worms, worm excreta, and worm-eaten apples,?
and was, therefore, liable to seizure for confiscation.
On July 3: 1911, the court entered a decree, condemning the prod??
uct as adulterated, forfeiting the same to the United States, and?
ordering its destruction by the marshal.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 23, 1912.
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