20866. Adulteration of  apples.     U.   S.  v.   50  Bushels   and  202  Bushels   of
Apples. Product released under bond for separation and de- 
struction of unfit portion. (F. & D. nos. 29138, 29230. Sample nos. 
23964-A, 23965-A.)
These cases involved interstate shipments 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 4 and October 12, 1932, the United States attorney for the 
Eastern District of Missouri, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States libels praying seizure 
and condemnation of 252 bushels of apples at Hannibal, Mo., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce, in various lots on or about 
September 19, 21, and 22, 1932, by H. M. Seymour, from Payson, Ill., to Hanni- 
bal, Mo., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: " Grimes Golden * * * Washed Apples 
Grown and Packed by H. M. Seymour, Payson, Ill."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added lead and arsenic, which might have rendered it deleterious to 
health.
On October 24, 1932, H. M. Seymour, Payson, Ill., having filed claims and 
answers admitting the allegations of the libels, but representing that the unfit 
apples could be separated from those fit for human consumption, judgments 
were entered ordering that the product be released to the claimant under bonds 
amounting to $500, conditioned that the unfit portion be destroyed, and that 
claimant pay costs of the proceedings.
R. G. TTTGWEEX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.