21737. Adulteration of apple pomace.    V. S. v. 230 Sacks of Apple Pomace.
Default decree of destruction. (P. & D no. 31143. Sainyle no. 
42G84-A.)
This action involved an interstate shipment of apple pomace that contained 
arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered the article injurious to 
health.
On September 21, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 230 sacks of 
apple pomace at Louisville, Ky., alleging that the article had been shipped on 
or about August 23, 1933, from Medina, N.Y., having been consigned by 
W. E. Mathes Vinegar Co., 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 or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which 
might have rendered it injurious to health.
On November 17, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, 
judgment was entered by the court ordering that the product be destroyed by 
the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.