20864. Adulteration of   apples.     U.   S.   v.   756   Boxes   of   Apples.     Consent
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. no. 30010.     Sample no. 27096-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples that were found to bear 
arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On March 15, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 756 
boxes of apples at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned by the Independent Fruit Ship- 
pers, February 28, 1933, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, from Wenatchee, Wash., to Cincinnati, Ohio, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Sno-Fed Brand Apples Independent Fruit Shippers, Wenatchee, Washington."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it contained 
arsenic and lead, added poisonous or deleterious ingredients.
On March 17, 1933, the M. declare Co., claimant, having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be released to the claimant upon payment of costs and the 
execution of a bond in the sum of $1,700, conditioned that it should not be sold 
or disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Federal Food and Drugs Act 
and all other laws.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.