10404. Adulteration of canned apples. V. S. * * * v. 25J Boxes (306 
Cans)   of     *      *      *     Apples.     Default   decree   ordering   destruction
of product.     (F. & D. No. 15294.    I. S. No. 8356-t.    S. No. E-3522.)
On or about August 10, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Virginia, 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 255 boxes (306 cans) of apples, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Richmond, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Crandall Pettee Co., New York, N. Y., on or about; May 14, 1921, and 
transported from the State of New York into the State of Virginia, and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: "Yankee Choice Apples Quality Guaranteed * * * Packed By 
Saco Valley Canning Co., Portland, Me.    *    *    * "
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On October 12, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of the court was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.