20648. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v. 168 Bushels of Apples.     Decree of
condemnation.     Product  released under bond.     (F.  & D.  no.  29676.
Sample no.  15454-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of apples that 
were found to bear arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered 
the article injurious to health.
On or about October 20, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Indiana, 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 168 bushels of apples at Indianapolis, 
Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about October 12, 1932, by C. H. Adams, from South Haven, Mich., to Indianap- 
olis, Ind., 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, which 
might have rendered the article harmful to health.
On October 21, 1932, C. H. Adams, Indianapolis, Ind., having appeared as 
claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the claimant upon pay- 
ment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $50, conditioned that 
it be reconditioned under the supervision of this Department so as to remove 
the arsenic and lead.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.