26625. Adulteration of apples. U. S. v. 694 Bushels of Apples. Judgment of 
condemnation. Product released under bond conditioned that dele- 
terious substances be removed.    (F. & D. no. 36500.    Sample no. 45059-B.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead spray 
residue.
On September 28, 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 594 bushels of 
apples at Huntington, W. Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce between the dates of September 20 and September 23, 1935, 
by the Quaker Bottom Orchard Co., from Proctorville, Ohio, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act
The libel charged that the apples were adulterated in that they contained 
added deleterious ingredients, namely, lead and arsenic, which might have ren- 
dered them dangerous to health.
On October 31, 1935, the Quaker Bottom Orchard Co., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the apples be 
released under bond conditioned that they be rewashed in order to remove the 
arsenic and lead spray residue.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.