19783. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 85 Boxes, et al., of Apples.    Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (148—A. 
F. & D. No. 28388.)
Lead and arsenic were found on samples of apples taken from the interstate 
shipment involved in this action.
On May 17, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 141 boxes of apples, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 30, 1932, by the Pacific Fruit 
& Produce Co., from Wenatchee, Wash., to San Francisco, Calif., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in 
part: (Boxes) " Snoboy Brand Wenatchee Apples Distributed by Pacific Fruit 
& Produce Co."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, to wit, lead arsenate, 
which might have rendered it harmful to health.
On May 28, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENEY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.