23219. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 528 Baskets  of Apples.     Decree of
condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released under bond con- 
ditioned   that   deleterious   substances   be   removed.      (F.   &  D.   no.
83736.    Sample no. 14459-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead.
On September 27, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 528 baskets of apples 
at Boston, Mass., consigned about September 15, 1934, alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce, by Geo. W. Haxton & Son, from 
Hamlin, N. T., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered 
it harmful to health.
On September 29, 1934, Geo. W. Haxton & Son, Inc., having appeared as 
claimant and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condem- 
nation was entered and it was ordered that the apples be released under cash 
bond, conditioned that the deleterious substances be removed by paring or 
washing.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.