21041. Adulteration of apples. U. S. v. 12 Boxes and 25 Boxes of Apples. 
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.
29671.    Sample nos. 18050-A, 31226-A.)
This case involved quantities of apples found to bear arsenic and lead in 
amounts which might have rendered them injurious to health.
On December 23, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Mon- 
tana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 27 boxes of apples at Miles 
City, Mont., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce,
on or about November 26, 1932, by the Pacific Fruit & Produce Co., from 
Yakima, Wash., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. A portion of the article was labeled: " Wash No. 3 Rome Beauty * * * 
Packed by Pacific Fruit & Produce Co., Yakima, Wash." The remainder was 
labeled in part: "Rome Beauty Wash No. 3 Grown and packed by Mrs. C. L. 
Bradley, Selah, Wash."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have ren- 
dered it injurious to health.
On April 12, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.