22394. Adulteration of apples. IT. S. v. Nash-Corrigan Co. and Ralph E. 
Rlcbardson. Nasb-Corrigan Co. entered plea of guilty; fine $20. 
Ralph E. Rlcbardson entered a plea of nolo contendere; fine, $5.
(F. & D. no. 31419.    Sample no. 31251-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of apples that were found to 
bear arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to 
health.
On February 21, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Nash-Corrigan Co., a corporation, 
Yakima, Wash., and Ralph E. Richardson, of Zillah, Wash., alleging shipment 
by said defendants, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about Feb- 
ruary 15, 1933, from the State of Washington into the State of Montana, of a 
quantity of apples that were adulterated. The article was labeled in part: 
"Winesap Orchard Run * * * Pheasant Brand Nash Corrigan Company, 
Yakima, Washington    *    *    *    Packed By R. E. Richardson, Zillah, Wash."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it contained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, 
which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On May 4, 1934, Ralph E. Richardson entered a plea of nolo contendere and 
was fined $5. On the same date a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the 
Nash-Corrigan Co., and the court imposed a fine of $20.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.