14198.  Adulteration   of  apples.     U.   S.  v.  756  Boxes   of  Apples.     Decree   of 
condemnation    and    forfeiture.    Product    released    under    bond.
(F. & D. No. 20937.    S. No. E-5667.)
On or about March 18, 1926, the United States attorney for the Western 
District 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 praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 756 boxes of apples, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Winchester, Va., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Wenatchee District Cooperative Assoc, from Wenatchee, Wash., 
and transported from the State of Washington into the State of Virginia, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled :   ' Winesap Jim Hill."
Adulterate : of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
contained an added poisonous ingredient, to wit, arsenic, which rendered it 
injurious to health.
On March 31, 1926, the Winchester Cold Storage Co., Inc., Winchester, Va., 
having appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted the alle- 
gations of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant 
upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that j
it not be sold, except to a purchaser who would contract to peel the apples ;
before using, nor otherwise disposed of until the excess of arsenic had been        j 
removed.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.