26918. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 815 Boxes of Apples.     Product ordered
released under bond.     (F. & D.  no.  3S940.    Sample no. 10382-C.)
These apples were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On December 21, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis- 
trict of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 815 boxes of 
apples at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in
interstate commerce on or about December 12, 1936, by the J. C. Palumbo Fruit 
Co., from Payette, Idaho, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "J. C. Palumbo Fruit Co., Payette, 
Idaho."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it in- 
jurious to health.
On December 31, 1936, C. A. Glass & Co., Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the con- 
demnation of the product, judgment was entered ordering that the apples be 
released under bond conditioned that they would not be sold or otherwise dis- 
posed of in violation of the Federal Food and Drugs Act and all other laws.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.