24390. Adulteration of   apples. . U.   S.   v.   478   Bushels   of  Apples.    Decree
of condemnation. Product released under bond, conditioned 
that deleterious substances be removed. (F. & D. no. 34356. Sample 
no. 3576-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of ar- 
senic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On October 23, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 478 bushels of apples at Omaha, 
Nebr., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about September 26 and September 27, 1934, by Meek Brazelton, from Troy, 
JKans., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Jonathan Grown and Packed by Meek 
Brazelton Troy Kansas."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered 
it injurious to health.
On November 1, 1934, the Jerpe Cold Storage Co., Omaha, Nebr., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was { 
?entered and it was ordered that the product be released under bond, conditioned
that it should not be disposed of in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. On 
January 10, 1935, the judgment was modified to permit and order the removal 
of the deleterious substances by peeling, and the destruction of the peelings.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.