25485. Adulteration «f apples.     IT. S. v. 1,213 Baskets of Apples. ; Consent de¬
cree of condemnation. Product released under bond, conditioned that 
the deleterious'substances be removed. (F. & D. no. 36729. .Sample nos. 
45086-B to 45090-B, incl.)
This case involved shipments of apples which were contaminated with 
arsenic and lead spray residue.
On or about October 17, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of West Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
'filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of i;213 
bushels of apples at Kenova, W. Va., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in Interstate commerce between the dates of September 14 and September 28, 
1935, by C. H. Brubaker, from South Point, Ohio, 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, lead and arsenic, which might have rendered it 
dangerous to health.
On November 5, 1935, C. H. Brubaker, South Point, Ohio, claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, and consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condjemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be 
released under bond, conditioned that it be washed in order to remove the 
spray residue.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.