24326. Adulteration of apples.    IT. S. v. SO Bushels of Apples.     Consent de¬
cree of condemnation. Product released under bond for removal 
of deleterious  substances.     (F. & D. no.  35182.    Sample no. 29224-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 or about December 27, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 80 bushels of 
apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about August 30, 1934, by the Lawrence Cooperative Co., from 
Lawrence, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.   The article was labeled in part: "A. J. Dowd Hartford, Mich. Wealthy."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
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, hav- 
ing 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.