25361. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 20 Bushels of Apples.     Default decree
of condemnation. Product delivered to charitable institution, on 
condition that deleterious substances be removed. (F. & D. no. 36490. 
Sample no. 32379-B.)
This case involved apples which were contaminated with arsenic- and lead- 
spray residue.
On September 9, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 20 bushels of apples at Omaha, 
Nebr., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about September 4, 1935, by Jeff D. Brown, from Springdale, Ark., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On October 16, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be delivered to a charitable 
institution on condition that it be pared to remove the spray residue before 
being used.
R. G. TUGWEUX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture