19735. Adulteration of apples.    U.   S.  v.   174 Boxes  of Apples.    No  claim
entered. "Verdict for Government. Decree of condemnation and 
confiscation. Product ordered destroyed or disposed of to chari- 
table institutions.    (F. & D. No. 27811.    I. S. No. 47247.    S. No. 5911.)
Arsenic and lead having been found on samples of apples from the shipment 
herein described, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.
On March 7, 1932, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 174 boxes of apples at Shreveport, La., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Pacific Fruit & Produce Co., from Wenatchee, Wash., 
on or about February 10, 1932, and had been transported from the State of 
Washington into the State of Louisiana, and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Redman 
Brand Wenatchee District Apples distributed by Universal Fruit Co., Inc., 
Wenatchee, Washington * * * The Olds Company, Wenatchee, Wash- 
ington."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, to wit, arsenic and lead, 
which might have rendered the apples injurious to health.
On April 4, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property and a jury 
having found the allegations of the libel to be true and correct, judgment of 
condemnation and confiscation was entered and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. The decree pro- 
vided, however, that the marshal might, if practicable, have the apples proc- 
essed to make them noninjurious and dispose of them to charitable institutions.
HENBY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.