14213. Adulteration  of apples.     IT.  S.  v.  76 Boxes  of Apples.     Consent  de 
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond. (F. & D. Nos. 20948, 20949, 20950. I.- S. Nos. 7190-x, 7947-x, 8177-x. 
S. No, E-5681.) 
On March 19, 1926, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 76 boxes of apples, remaining unsold in the original unbroken 
boxes at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by C. L. 
Robinson, from Winchester, Va., on or about March 8, 1926, and transported 
from the State of Virginia into the State of New York, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
contained an added poisonous ingredient, namely, arsenic, which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On April 13, 1926, the Kimball Fruit Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $200, conditioned in part that each apple be washed or wiped, and that 
it not be sold or disposed of until inspected by a representative of this depart- 
ment and satisfactory elimination of the arsenic shown. . -.?._:.__
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.