25329. Adulteration of   apple   butter.     TJ.   S.   v.   Allison-Bedford   Co.     Plea   of
guilty.     Fine, $30 and costs.     (F. & D. no. 36025.     Sample nos. 33331-B, 
33944-B.)
This case involved shipments of apple butter, samples of which were found 
to contain arsenic and lead in an amount that might have rendered the article 
injurious to health. Samples taken from one of the lots were found to con- 
tain parts of flies and other insects, rodent hairs, and a small amount of mis- 
cellaneous dirt.
On October 28, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Allison-Bedford Co., a corporation, 
Chicago, Ill., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and. 
Drugs Act, on or about May 9, 1935, from the State of Illinois into the State 
of Wisconsin, and on or about June 21, 1935, from the State of Illinois into 
the State of Michigan, of quantities of apple butter that was adulterated. A 
portion of the article was labeled: "Apple-Butter Distributed-By O. R. Pieper 
Co. Milwaukee Wise." The remainder was labeled: "Glencrest Pure Apple 
Butter   *    *    *   Allison-Bedford Co. Chicago, Ill."
Both lots of the article were alleged to be adulterated in that they con- 
tained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, namely, lead and arsenic 
in amounts which might have rendered them injurious to health. One lot was 
alleged to be adulterated for the further reason that it consisted in part of 
a filthy vegetable substance due to contamination with fly wings, insect heads, 
rodent hairs, and dirt.
On November 15, 1935, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defend- 
ant company and the court imposed a fine of $20.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.