19926. Adulteration of celery.    U. S. v. 155, et al., Crates of Celery.    Con¬
sent     decrees     of     condemnation,    forfeiture,     and     destruction.
(Nos.   4914-A,  4915-A,  4916-A,  4917-A,  4922-A,  4924-A,   4925-A,   4933-A, 
4934-A, 4939-A, 4941-A, 4943-A,    F. & D. Nos. 28458, 28460, 28461, 28462.)
These actions involved the shipment of quantities of celery that bore arsenic 
and lead in amounts that might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On June 10 and June 15, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, 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 976 crates of the said celery at Chicago Ill., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce in various con- 
signments on or about May 31, June 3, June 4, and June 8, 1932, from New 
Orleans, La., to Chicago, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The libels charged shipments by J. H. Dirman Co., J. H. 
Dirmann, J. H. Dirkman and J. H. Dirmann. Subsequent investigation 
disclosed that all shipments were made by J. & H. Dirmann, New Orleans, La.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in 
amounts that might have rendered it injurious to health.
On June 18, 1932, the consignee having agreed to the entry of decrees, and 
no other parties having intervened, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture 
were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed 
by the United States marshal.
HENBY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.