21027. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 714 Boxes of Apples.    Default de¬
cree  of  condemnation, forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.  & D.  no.
30400.    Sample nos. 32553-A, 32554-A, 32555-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples found to bear arsenic 
and lead in amounts which might have rendered them injurious to health.
On April 11, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 714 boxes of apples 
at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging .that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about March 27, 1933, by the Pacific Fruit & Produce Co., from 
Kennewick, Wash., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Snoboy Brand, Washington 
Apples, Sold by Snoboy-Pacific Distributors, Walla Walla, Washington."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it contained 
added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might 
have rendered it injurious to health.
On April 21, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was orderd by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.