20419. Adulteration of   apples.    IT.   S.   v.   74   Bushels   of   Apples.    Consent
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no.
29302.    Sample nos.  29907-A,  29908-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of apples, samples 
of which were found to bear arsenic and lead in amounts that might have 
rendered the article injurious to health.
On October 28, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, 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 74 bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 
21, 1932, by Martin Solomon, from South Haven, Mich., to Chicago, Ill., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts 
which might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On November 3, 1932, Martin Solomon, Chicago, Ill., having consented to 
the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
R. G. TXJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.