23423. Adulteration of apples.     V. S. v. 3,000 Pounds  of Apples.     Consent
decree of destruction.    (F. & D. no. 34709.    Sample no. 10176-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to 
health.
On November 13, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 3,000 pounds of 
apples at Greenville, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 27, 1934, by H. Rouw Co., from the State 
of Arkansas into the State of Texas, 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 injurious to health.
On November 22, 1934, B. V. Robinson, Greenville, Tex., having admitted 
the material allegations of the libel and having consented to the destruction 
of the product, judgment was entered that it be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.