21280. Adulteration of currants.     U.  S. v.  800 Barrels and 262 Barrels of
Currants. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond. (F. & D. nos. 30906, 30935. Sample 
nos. 32055-A, 32056-A, 32057-A, 32060-A to 32065-A incl., 43635-A to 
43640-A incl.)
These cases involved several shipments of currants that were found to be 
contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On July 21 and July 27, 1933, the United States attorney for the District 
of New Jersey, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 1,062 barrels of 
currants at Jersey City, N.J., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce between the dates of June 30 and July 19, 1933, by A. Caro- 
line, from Middle Hope, N.Y., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it 
contained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, lead and arsenic, which 
might have rendered it harmful to health.
On July 29, 1933, A. Carobine, New York, N.Y., having appeared as claimant 
for 800 barrels of the product and having admitted the allegations of the 
libel and 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 $10,000, conditioned that the currants of different growers be 
separated and examined, that all lots found to bear excessive lead and arsenic 
be treated to remove such deleterious ingredients, that all portions found 
after such examination and treatment to bear excessive lead and arsenic be 
destroyed, and that those found fit for human consumption be released. On 
August 16, 1933, the remaining case was consolidated with the aforesaid case, 
and the conditions and terms of the decree of July 29, 1933, were made appli- 
cable to the product involved in both cases.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.