21289. Adulteration of   evaporated   apple   chops.    17.   S.   v.   332   Sacks   of
Evaporated  Apple  Chops.     Consent  decree  of condemnation  and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 30504.    Sample no. 39991-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of a quantity of evaporated apple 
chops, samples of which were found to contain arsenic and lead in amounts that 
might have rendered them injurious to health.
On May 23, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 332 sacks of 
evaporated apple chops at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about March 4, 1933, by the Battletown Fruit Co., from Staun- 
ton, Va., 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 con- 
tained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which 
might have rendered it harmful to health.
On August 10, 1933, the intervener having withdrawn its claim and con- 
sented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.