28285. Adulteration of apples. U. S. v. 27,114 Pounds of Apples. Consent decree of condemnation. Apples to be peeled and turned over to various public institutions. (F. & D. No. 40942. Sample Nos. 41602-C, 41603-C.) This product was contaminated with lead and arsenic. On October 12, 1937, 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 27,114 pounds of apples at Hast- ings, Nebr., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 8, 1937, by Hunt Bros. Fruit Co. from Wathena, Kans., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- ous or deleterious ingredients, lead and arsenic, which might have rendered it harmful to health. On October 29, 1937, Hunt Bros. Fruit Co., St. Joseph, Mo., having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be delivered to public institutions on condition that the apples be peeled before being used and the peelings destroyed. HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.