17693. Adulteration of apple flour.    U. S. v. Ten 100-Pound Sacks, et al., of
Apple   Flour.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 24932.    I. S. No. 385.    S. No. 3277.)
Samples of apple flour from the herein described interstate shipment having 
been found to contain arsenic and lead, the Secretary of Agriculture reported 
the matter to the United States attorney for the District of Colorado.
On July 29, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of ten 100-pound sacks and 5 boxes of apple flour, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by Keller Lorenz, 
Spokane, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped from Spokane, Wash., 
on or about July 5, 1930, and had been transported from the State of Wash- 
ington into the State of Colorado, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Apple Flour * * * 
Manufactured by Campbell's Fruit Cereal Co., Spokane, Washington."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous ingredients, namely, lead and arsenic, which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On September 23, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.