25465. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 12 Bushels and 140 Bushels of Apples.
Consent decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 36583. 
Sample no. 49044-B.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 9, 1935, 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 152 bushels of apples at Columbus, 
Nebr., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about October 2, 1935, by the Troy Apple Growers' Association, from Troy, 
Kans., 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 
harmful to health.
On October 16, 1935, the shipper and the consignee having consented to the 
entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered 
that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.