21623. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 150 Bushels of Ben Davis Apples.
Decree of confiscation.    Apples delivered to a charitable institu- 
tion.     (P. & D. no. 31540.    Sample no. 57873-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples, that were found to 
bear arsenic in an amount that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On October 18, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 150 bushels of apples 
at Tulsa, Okla., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about October 
15, 1933, by Allen Bement, Tulsa, Okla., from Springdale, Ark., and that the 
article had been guaranteed by W. B. Brogdon of Springdale, Ark., and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it 
contained arsenic, which might have rendered it deleterious to health.
On October 27, 1933, W. B. Brogdon & Sons having appeared and admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of confiscation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
apples be rewashed so as to be in condition for use and delivered to a charitable 
institution.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.