25979. Adulteration and misbranding of apple butter. U. S. v. Glaser, Crandell 
Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50 and costs. (F. & D. no. 37006. Sample 
no. 29729-B.)
This case involved a product that was represented to be apple butter, i. e., a 
product made from fresh apples, but which consisted of dried-apple butter. 
The product also contained evidences of insect infestation.
On April 23, 1936, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against the Glaser, Crandell Co., a corporation at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that on or about August 2, 1935, the said defendant had 
shipped from the State of Illinois into the State of North Dakota a quantity 
of apple butter that was adulterated and misbranded in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Jar) "Our Family * * * 
Apple Butter, Packed for Nash-Finch Co., General Offices, Minneapolis, Minn."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance because of contamination by larvae, worms, and 
insect parts; in that dried-apple butter, a product made from evaporated apples, 
\ ad been mixed and packed with said article so as to reduce, lower, and 
'injuriously affect its quality; and in that the dried-apple butter had been sub- 
stituted for apple butter, which the article purported to be.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "apple 
butter", borne on the jars, was false and misleading and in that the state- 
ment was borne on the jars so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since 
it represented that the article was apple butter, i. e., a product made from 
fresh apples and the juice thereof; whereas the article had been made from 
dried or evaporated apples.
On May 7, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.