20841. Adulteration of   apples.     U.   S.   v.   108   Boxes   of   Apples.    Decree   of
destruction   entered.      (F.    &   D.   no.   29913.      Sample    nos.   22031-A, 
22032-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples that were found to bear 
lead in an amount that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On February 17, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Minne- 
sota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 108 
boxes of apples at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce, on or about January 16, 1933, by H. T. Trunkey 
and H. S. Wolfe, from Wenatchee, Wash., to Minneapolis, Minn., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Boxes) "Fancy Stain Winesap 40 Wolf Brand Wenatchee District 
Apples Sorensen-Ryan [or " Trunkey-Wolfe Co., Inc."] Wenatchee, Wash."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous or other added deleterious ingredient that might 
have rendered it injurious to health.
On April 15, 1933, the claimant having waived all rights in the property, 
judgment was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.