24156. Adulteration of  apples.    U.  S.  v.  324  Bushels   of  Apples.    Product
released    under   bond   for    removal    of    deleterious    substances.
(F. & D. no. 34538.    Sample nos. 18263-B, 18265-B, 23394-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 November 23, 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 against 324 bushels of apples at St. Louis, Mo., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about Septem- 
ber 24, October 6, and October 14, 1934, by P. W. Wilson, from Hamburg, Ill., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: " From P. W. Wilson Hamburg Ill.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, lead and arsenic, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On November 28, 1934, P. W. Wilson, Hamburg, Ill., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented that judgment be 
entered condemning and forfeiting the product, a decree was entered ordering 
that the apples be released under bond, conditioned that they be rewashed to 
remove the deleterious substances.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.