25506. Adulteration of eauliflovrer.     U. S. v. 396 Crates of Cauliflower.     Con¬
sent decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 36771.    Sam- 
ple no. 39667-B.)
This case involved a shipment of cauliflower that was contaminated with 
arsenic and lead.
On October 24, 1935, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 396 crates of cauli- 
flower at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 18,1935, by the Sterling H. Nelson Co., from 
American Fork, Utah, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On October 26, 1935, the Sterling H. Nelson Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be 
destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.