16067.  Adulteration  of awnles.    U. S. v.  535 Bushels of Apple*.     Decree of 
condemnation    and    forfeiture.    Product    released    under    bond.
(P. & D. No. 23138.    I. S. No. 08172.     S. No. 1238.)
On October 8, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 535 bushels of apples, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by Delsea Orchards Co., Giassboro, 
N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped from Giassboro, N. J., on or 
about October 3, 1928, and transported from the State of New Jersey into the 
State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous ingredients, lead and arsenic, which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On October 10, 1928. G. M. MacCleliand, Haddenfield, N. J., having appeared 
as claimant for the property, 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 costs and the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $500, conditioned in part that the said product be reconditioned under the 
supervision of this department.
AKTHUU M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.