P. & D. No. 2126.
I. S. No. 452-c.	
Issued May 13, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1323.
(Gircn pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING OF EYAPORATED APPLES.
On February 25, 1911., the United States Attorney for the West??
ern District of Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of?
Agriculture, filed information in the District Court of the United?
States for said district against the Teasdale Fruit & Nut Products?
Co., of Rogers, Ark., alleging shipment by said company, in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about August 10, 1910, from?
the State of Arkansas into the State of Texas of a quantity of?
evaporated apples which were misbranded. The product was labeled:?
" 50 lbs. Net. Choice Evaporated Apples. New Crop. Sulphur?
Bleached."
Microscopical examination of a sample of said product, made?
by the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Department of?
Agriculture, was as follows: Low grade; either culls or made from?
poor quality apples.. Many seeds, skins, cores, stems, blossom ends,?
and wormholes containing excreta. 500 grams showed 5 live worms,?
1 live beetle. No large, perfect slices, and only 64.4 per cent passable.?
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the label represented?
said product to be " choice evaporated apples, new crop," which was?
false and misleading because it was not such, but was a low-grade?
product, consisting principally of either culls or poor quality apples,?
containing many seeds, skins, cores, stems, wormholes, and excreta.
On March 10, 1911, the defendant company pleaded guilty and was?
fined $10 and costs.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January &?, 1912.
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