24320. Adulteration of  apples.    U.   S.  v.   122  Bushels  and   la  Bushels   of
Apples. Consent decree of condemnation. Product released 
nnder bond for removal of deleterious substances. (F. & D. nos. 
35117, 35181.    Sample nos. 29215-B, 29216-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in these cases showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to 
health.
On or about December 27, 1934, and January 3, 1935, the United States 
attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon reports by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 222 bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article
"had been shipped in interstate commerce in part on or about September 14, 
1934, by William Hamlin under the name of Rosenthal & Stockfish, Inc., from 
•Glenn, Mich., and in part on or about September 16, 1934, by Rosenthal & 
Stockfish, from Benton Harbor, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " P. H. Broe, 
Bravo, Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts that might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On January 17, 1935, Rosenthal & Stockfish, Inc., Chicago, Ill., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that 
the product be released under bond, conditioned that the deleterious substances 
be removed by washing.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.