21329. Adulteration of apple pomace.    U. S. v. 80 Bags of Apple Pomace.
Default    decree    of   condemnation,,   forfeiture,   and    destruction.
(F. & D. no. 30431.    Sample no. 28625-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apple pomace that bore arsenic 
and lead in amounts that might have rendered it injurious to health.
On May 8, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illi- 
nois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 80 bags of apple pomace at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about February 
26, 1933, by Mr. Steffen & Co., from Coloma, 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 July 7, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture 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.