21174. Adulteration of apples.   IT. S. v. 297 Boxes and 36 Boxes of Apples.
Default   decrees   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. nos. 30438, 30487.    Sample nos. 27913-A, 27915-A.)
These cases involved shipments of apples found to bear arsenic and lead 
in amounts which might have rendered them injurious to health.
On April 10 and April 17, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of California, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 332 
boxes of apples at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce, on or about March 27, 1933, by Skookum 
Packers Association, from Wenatchee, Wash., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The articles was labeled in part: 
" Skookum Fancy Mountain Goat Brand Wenatchee Apples Grown, Packed 
and Shipped by Wenatchee Skookum Growers Wenatchee, Wash."
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 May 3, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Aotmg Secretary of Agriculture.