26920. Adulteration of  apples.     U.   S.   v.  435,  158,  and  194  Boxes  of Apples.
Consent decrees entered. Product released under bond. (F. & D. nos. 
38942, 38943, 38963. Sample nos. 10387-C, 10388-C, 10389-C, 10391-C, 
10392-C.)
A part of these apples were contaminated with lead and arsenic and the 
remainder with lead only.
On December 23, 28, and 31, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of California, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 787 boxes of 
apples at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about December 17, 19, and 21, 1936, by the Pacific 
Distributors from Portland, Oreg., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. It was labeled in part, variously: "L. Koutek, Scappoose, 
Ore."; "Grown by G. H. Goff, Scappoose, Ore."; "Henry Hildebrand Dallas, Ore."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients which might have rendered it injurious to health, 
namely, arsenic and lead in certain lots and lead in the remaining lot.
On December 28 and 31,1936, and January 5,1937, Julius J. Helfend, claimant, 
having consented to the condemnation of the product, and having admitted the 
allegations of the libels, judgments were entered ordering that the apples be 
released under bond, conditioned that they should not be sold or otherwise 
disposed of in violation of the Federal Food and Drugs Act and all other laws.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.