21045. Adulteration of  apples.     IT.   S.  v.  Wenatchee   Federated   Growers.
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $100.    (F. & D. no. 28139.    I. S. no. 44544.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of apples bearing arsenic 
and lead in amounts which might have rendered them injurious to health.
On February 9, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture; filed in the 
district court of the United States an information against the Wenatchee Feder- 
ated Growers, a corporation, Wenatchee, Wash., alleging shipment by said 
company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about September 30, 
1931, from the State of Washington into the State of Kansas, of a quantity of 
apples which were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: "Delicious 
Wenoka Apples * * * J. T. Cole Wenatchee Wash. * * * Grown and 
Packed by Wenatchee Federated Growers, Wenatchee, Washington."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it 
contained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, lead and arsenic, in 
amounts which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On April 14, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.