24461. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 579 Boxes of Apples.     Consent decree
of  condemnation.    Product released under bond.     (F.  & D.  no. 35180.
Sample no. 357-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 February 11, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 579 boxes of apples 
at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about January 31, 1935, by the J. C. Palumbo Fruit Co., from 
Payette, Idaho, 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 February 13, 1935, the Continental Orchards, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., 
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 it should not 
be sold or disposed of in violation of the Federal Food and Drugs Act and all 
other laws.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.