Examination of the broccoli covered by these cases showed the presence of 
arsenic, fluorine, and lead in amounts that might have rendered it injurious 
to health.
On December 15, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 90 crates of 
broccoli at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about December 1, 1934, by the Texas Vegetable Union, 
from Crystal City, Tex., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Crown—Grown and Packed 
by Texas Vegetable Union—Crystal City, Texas."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic, fluorine, and lead, which might have rendered 
it harmful to health.
On January 5,1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.