25507. Adulteration of cauliflower.     U. S. v. 425 Crates of Cauliflower.     Decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.   no.   36772.     Sample   no. 
39668-B.)
This case involved cauliflower which was contaminated with lead and arsenic.
On October 29, 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 425 crates of cauli- 
flower at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about October 16, 1935, by B. O. Muir & Co., from 
Murray, Utah, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "E. O. Muir & Co. * * * Salt Lake 
City, Utah Big M Brand."
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 29, 1935, the shipper having appeared and admitted the allegations 
of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered that 
the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.