23029. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. Fred D.  Shepard.     Plea of guilty.
Fine, $1.     (F. & D. no. 31394.    Sample nos. 17194-A, 25418-A.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead.
On May 3, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in ^v- 
district court an information against Fred D. Shepard, Centerton, Ark., alleging- 
shipment by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
September 28, 1932, from the State of Arkansas into the State of Missouri, 
of quantities of apples which were adulterated.
The information charged Adulteration of the article in that it contained 
added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might 
have rendered it injurious to health.
On September 17, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court 
imposed a fine of $1.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.