3570. Adulteration of dried apples. U. S. v. 103 Sacks * * * Dried Apples. Default?
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 5598. I. S. No.?
5026-h.   S. No. 2121.)
On February 19, 1914, the United States attorney for the District of Indiana, acting?
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United?
States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 103 sacks, each?
containing approximately 70 pounds of a substance purporting to be dried apples,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at E vansville, Ind., alleging that?
the product had been shipped on January 3 and January 5, 1914, and transported from?
the State of Kentucky into the State of Indiana, and charging adulteration in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the product was adulterated in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act and that the packages purporting to be dried apples were made of small?
pieces, some skin and core present, color varying, some pieces being light and some?
dark, and very hard and dry; excreta 1 were present on nearly every piece, and on?
some pieces particles of sugar were also present; two live larvse1 were found on the?
outside of every bit of said product and substance purporting to be dried apples, and?
excretax were found on the inside of each particle of said product and substance pur??
porting to be dried apples. It was further alleged that the product consisted in part?
of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid manufactured vegetable substance.
On July 2, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product?
should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 17, 1915.