20440. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 332 Boxes of Apples.    Product re¬
leased under bond.     (F. & D. no. 29278.    Sample no. 24290-A.)
This action involved a quantity of apples that were found to contain arsenic 
in an amount which might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On October 21, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern 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 pray- 
ing seizure and condemnation of 332 boxes of apples, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 6, 1932, by H. N. C. Denison 
Co., from Freewater, Oreg., to Los Angeles, Calif., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: 
" Rome Beauty Orchard Run."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained arsenic, an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On October 25, 1932, Charles Milne, Los Angeles, Calif., having entered an 
appearance and. claim admitting the allegations of the libel and having filed a 
release bond in the sum of $300, conditioned that the article would not be 
disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, a decree was 
entered ordering that the product be released to the claimant. On November 4, 
1932, the apples having been made to conform with the law, a decree was 
entered ordering that the release be made permanent, that the bond be exoner- 
ated, and that claimant pay costs of the proceedings.
R. G. TTTGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.