20426. Adulteration of   apples.    U.   S.   v.   165   Barrels,   et   al.,   of   Apples.
Product released under bond for cleaning to remove deleterious 
substances. (F. & D. nos. 29156, 29158, 29159. Sample nos. 23959-A, 
23960-A, 23961-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipment of quantities of apples that 
were found to bear arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered 
the article injurious to health.
On October 5, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Iowa, 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 165 barrels and 650 bushel baskets of apples at Burlington, 
Iowa, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce in 
various consignments on or about September 15, 17, and 20, 1932, respectively, 
by H. M. Seymour, from Fall Creek, Ill., to Burlington, Iowa, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: " Grown & Packed By H. M. Seymour Payson, Ill."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, to wit, lead and arsenic, 
which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On October 17, 1932, H. M. Seymour, Fall Creek, Ill., having appeared as 
claimant for the property and having filed bonds in the total sum of $1,500, 
conditioned that the product be made to conform to the law, judgments were 
entered by the court ordering that the apples be released to the claimant for 
washing and cleaning to remove the deleterious substances, and that all 
expenses and costs incurred be paid by claimant.
R. G. TTJGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.