29710. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 350 Baskets and 133 Grates of Apples.
Consent decrees of condemnation. Product released under bond for 
salvaging of good portion. (F. & D. Nos. 44253, 44254. Sample Nos. 
27970-D, 27971-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 27, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 350 baskets and 133 
crates of apples at Hannibal, Mo.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 4, 1938, by Allie Retzer from Ham- 
burg, Ill.; 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 17, 1938, Allie Retzer, claimant, having admitted the allegations 
of the libels, decrees were entered ordering release of the product under bond 
conditioned that the portion suitable for human consumption be separated and 
salvaged from the unfit and that the latter be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.