17328. Adulteration of apples.    U.  S. v.  756 Boxes of Apples.    Decree  of
condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released under bond.     (F. &
D. No. 24408. I. S. No. 029535. S. No. 2672.)
On December 31, 1929, the United States attorney for the Middle District 
of Tennessee, 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 756 boxes of apples at Nashville, Tenn., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the A. E. Marsh Co., from Yakima, Wash., on or 
about November 29, 1929, and transported from the State of Washington into 
the State of Tennessee, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Marsh Northwest Apples Trade 
Mark A. G. All Good.   *   *   *   Fancy Delicious."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, viz, arsenic and lead, which 
might have rendered it injurious to health.
On January 10,1930, the C. B. Ragland Co., Nashville, Tenn., having appeared 
as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegation of the libel, 
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 $250, conditioned in part 
that the arsenic and lead be removed to make the product comply with the 
law.
ABTHTJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.