25375. Adulteration of apples. V. S. v. 51 Bushels of Apples. Consent decree 
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 36582. Sample no. 
47085-B.)
This case involved apples which were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 3, 1935, 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 51 bushels of apples 
at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 1, 1935, by J. B. Russell, from Golden Eagle, Ill., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "J. B. Russell, Golden Eagle, Ill."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On October 11, 1935, the claimant having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered! that the product 
be destroyed.
R. G. TTTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.