23398. Adulteration of  apples.     U.  S.  v.  212  Bushels   of Apples.     Product
adjudged adulterated and released under bond for removal of del- 
eterious substances.    (P. & D. no. 34316.    Sample no. 3374-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to 
health.
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On or about October 19, 1934, the United States attorney for the District 
of Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 212 bushels of 
apples at Pittsburg, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 3, 1934, by the Union Fruit Co., 
from Paonia, Colo., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it injurious to 
health.
On October 31, 1934, the Union Fruit Co., Paonia, Colo., claimant, having 
admitted the material allegations of the libel and having consented to the 
entry of a decree, judgment was entered finding the product adulterated. 
The apples were released to the claimant under bond, conditioned that the 
deleterious substances be removed by washing in an acid solution.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.