23215. Adulteration of apples.   U. S. v. 22 Bushels of Apples.    Consent de¬
cree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 33668.    Sample no. 18213-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of lead 
and arsenic.
On September 17, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 22 bushels of 
apples at Tulsa, Okla., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate^ 
commerce on or about September 10, 1934, by Louis Cotton, from Springdale, 
Ark., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added lead 
and arsenic which might have rendered it deleterious to health.
On September 25, 1934, no claim having been entered and Louis Cotton hav- 
ing waived his right to appear and answer and having consented that the 
product be disposed of without further notice to him, judgment was entered 
ordering that it be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.