20019. Adulteration of   dried   apples.     U.S.   -v.  20  Boxes   of  Dried  Apples.
Decree   of   condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.      (F.   & D.
No. 28520.    Sample No. 286-A.)
This case involved the shipment of a quantity of dried apples that were 
found to be insect-infested and filthy.
On July 28, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Hawaii, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 20 boxes of dried apples at Honolulu, Hawaii, consigned 
by the American Factors, Ltd., alleging that the article had been shipped 
from San Francisco, Calif., to Honolulu, Hawaii, on or about July 18, 1932, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Evap. Apples. Am. Pac. Gd.   *   *   *   Honolulu."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal and vegetable substance.
On August 8, 1932, the American Factors, Ltd., having appeared and ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 
was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed.
E. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.