25965. Adulteration of quinces.     IT.   S.  v.   150  Bushels  of Quinces.     Decree   of
condemnation and forfeiture providing for release under bond for re- 
conditioning.     (F. & D. no. 36561.    Sample no. 40240-B.)
This product contained arsenic and lead.
On October 17, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report bj the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 150 bushels of quinces at Balti- 
more, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, 
on or about October 13, 1935, from Lockport, N. Y., to Baltimore, Md., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Shipment was 
made by the American Fruit Growers, Inc., Lockport, N. Y. The article was 
labeled in part: (Basket) "Tip Top Quince."
Adulteration of the product was charged under the allegation that it con- 
tained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, namely, arsenic and lead, 
which might have rendered it dangerous to health.
On October 22, 1935, the American Fruit Growers, Inc., having claimed 
the product, a decree of condemnation and forfeiture was entered providing for 
release of the product to the claimant for reconditioning, upon furnishing of 
bond in the sum of $400.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.