21431. Adulteration of  dried apple  pomace.     U.   S.  v.   100 Bass   of Dried
Apple Pomace.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 30689.    Sample no.  41215-A.)
This action involved a shipment of dried apple pomace which was found to 
contain arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered it harmful to 
health.
On July 3, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 100 bags of dried apple pomace at 
St. Paul, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about March 25, 1932, by Watson Industries, Inc., from Valley 
City, Ill, 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, to wit, lead and arsenic, 
which might have rendered the product harmful to health.
On August 31, 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.