25449. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 30 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction with provision that they 
migrht be disposed of by sale, provided deleterious substances be 
first  removed.    (F. & D.  no.  36491.    Sample no.  32561-B.)
This case involved a shipment  of apples which were contaminated with 
. arsenic spray residue.
On September 9, 1935, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 30 bushels of apples 
at Orlando, Okla., alleging that the article had been transported in interstate 
commerce, by M. L. Redus, from Lincoln, Ark., on or about September 3, 
1935, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
. The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous ingredient, arsenic, which might have rendered it injurious to 
health. 
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On October 24, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be disposed of by destruction, 
or that it be properly cleaned and made free from the arsenic spray residue and 
sold by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.