19790. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. ISS Boxes, et al., of Apples.    Con¬
sent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond. (11636-A, 11637-A, 11638-A, 11639-A. P. & D. Nos. 28392, 
28393, 28394.)
Excessive arsenical spray residue was found on apples taken from the inter- 
state shipments involved in these actions.
On May 18 and May 19,1932, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis- 
trict of New York, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 585 boxes of apples, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at New York, N. Y.„ alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce in part on or about April 29, 1932, and in part on or about 
April 30, 1932, by the Wenatchee Produce Co., Wenatchee, Wash., to New York, 
N. Y., and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Box) "Rose Brand Apples Wenatchee Produce 
Co. Wenatchee   *    *   *   Washington."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous ingredient, arsenic, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On May 23, 1932, the Hyman & Lieberman-Justman Co. (Inc.), New York, 
N. Y., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libels and having con- 
sented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were 
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 bonds totaling $2,500, 
conditioned in part that the excessive spray residue be removed so that the 
article comply with the requirements of the Federal food and drugs act. It 
-was further ordered that any unfit or unwholesome portion be destroyed.
HENET A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.