24160. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. S3 Bushels, et al., of Apples.     Con¬
sent  decree  of  condemnation  and   forfeiture.     Product   released 
under  bond  for   removal  of  deleterious   substances.     (F.  & D.   no.
34668.    Sample nos. 4345-B, 13472-B to 13475-B, incl.)
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 8, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 470 bushels of 
apples at Jacksonville, Ill., alleging that the article had been transported in 
interstate commerce on or about October 25, October 26, and October 27, 1934, 
by Mrs. Bailey, of Jacksonville, Ill. from Louisiana, Mo., and charging adulter- 
ation 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 November 15, 1934, Eva Bailey, Jacksonville, Ill., having appeared as 
claimant and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the apples be released under bond, 
conditioned that the deleterious substances be removed or that that they be 
peeled and the peelings destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.