23375. Adulteration of   cauliflower.     U.   S.   v.   5   Crates   and   49   Crates   of
Cauliflower.     Default   decrees   of  condemnation  and  destruction.
(F & D. nos. 34152, 34154.    Sample nos. 17879-B, 17887-B.)
An examination of the cauliflower involved in these cases showed the presence 
of arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered it injurious to 
health.
On October 9 and 10, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district courts libels praying seizure and condemnation of 54 
crates of cauliflower at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 8, 1934, by John Case, 
from Robbinsville, N. J., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to heath.
On November 5, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered, and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.