21332. Adulteration of apple pomace.    U. S. v. 172 Bags of Apple Pomace.
Default   decree    of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. no. 30502.    Sample no. 41828-A.)
This case involved a shipment of apple pomace that contained arsenic and 
lead in amounts that might have rendered it injurious to health.
On May 23, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Penn- 
sylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 172 bags of apple 
pomace at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about May 19, 1933, by the Repp Orchard Products Co.,
from Glassboro, N.J., 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 July 5, 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.