24186. Adulteration of apples.    XI. S. v. Harold D. Comfort.    Plea of guilty.
Fine, $1.     (F. & D. no. 31386.    Sample no. 15695-A.)
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 June 28, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Harold D. Comfort, Lawrence, Kans., 
alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
on or about September 14, 1932, from the State of Arkansas into the State of 
Kansas, of a quantity of apples which were adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, namely, arsenic and lead, which might have rend- 
ered it injurious to health.
On September 17, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court 
imposed a fine of $1.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.