23411. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v. 18 Bushels of Apples.    Consent de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 34364.    Sample 
no. 23606-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.
On October 22, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 18 bushels of apples 
at Sikeston, Mo., alleging that the article had been transported in interstate 
commerce on or about October 18, 1934, by W. M. Treece and George Warren, 
of Sikeston, Mo., from Anna, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it injuri- 
ous to health.
On November 2,1934, the claimant and owner of the product having requested 
its destruction, judgment was entered ordering that it be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.