20711. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v. 41 Boxes, et al., of Apples.    Default
decrees   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.    (F.   &   D.
nos. 29616, 29617, 29618.    Sample nos. 26308-A, 26317-A, 26320-A.)
These cases involved shipments of apples that bore arsenic and lead in 
amounts that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On or about November 25, November 29, and December 1, 1932, the United 
States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 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 152 boxes 
of apples, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Baton Rouge, La., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
November 3 and November 11, 1932, by the Quick & Harris Co., in part from 
Yakima, Wash., and in part from Wiley City, Wash., to Baton Rouge, La., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Quick Brand Northwest Apples, Quick and Harris Co. 
Yakima."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which 
might have rendered it injurious to health.
On January 4, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United. States marshal.
R. G. TITGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.