23150. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 95 Bushels of Apples.    Consent de¬
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond   conditioned  that   deleterious   ingredients   be  removed.      (F.
& D. no. 34130.    Sample no. 19192-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead.
On or about September 29, 1934, the United States' attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 95 bushels of 
apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 1, 1934, by J. M. Benson, from Benton Harbor, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On October 11, 1934, the Lcuis Cohen Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered that the apples be released under bond conditioned that they be wiped 
or washed to remove the deleterious substances.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.