20404. Adulteration of apples. U. S. v. 243 Bushels of Apples. Consent 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.    (F. & D. no. 29575.    Sample no. 30003-A.)
This action involved a shipment of apples which were found to bear arsenic 
and lead in amounts that might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On or about November 7, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, 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 243 bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
October 18, 1932, by William Hamlin, from Glenn, Mich., to Chicago, Ill., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts 
which might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On January 5,1933, William Hamlin, Glenn, Mich., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be released to said claimant to be washed in order to 
remove the deleterious substances, upon payment of costs and the execution 
of a bond in the sum of $200, conditioned that the apples should not be sold 
or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Federal Food and 
Drugs Act and all other laws.
R, Ci, TUGWELI., Acting Secretary of Agriculture.