21120. Adulteration of apples. U. S. v. 76 Bushels of Apples. Consent de- 
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond for removal of deleterious ingredients. (F. & D. no. 29146. 
Sample no. 24891-A.)
This case involved a shipment of apples found to bear arsenic and lead in 
amounts which might have rendered them injurious to health.
On or about October 7, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 76 bushels 
of apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on September 30, 1932, by Tony Lombardo, from Benton Harbor, 
Mich., 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 contained 
added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts which 
might have rendered it injurious to health.
On November 4, 1932, Tony Lombardo, Chicago, Ill., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations 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 $500, conditioned that the dele- 
terious ingredients be removed by washing, under the supervision of this 
Department.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.