25637. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 301 Bushels of Apples.    Consent decree
of condemnation.     Product released under bond, conditioned that dele- 
terious substances be removed.    (F. & D. no. 36842.    Sample no. 56437—B.)
This case involved a shipment of apples that .were contaminated with arsenic 
and lead spray residue.
On or about November 16, 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 301 
bushels of apples at Huntington, W. Va., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce between the dates of September 26 and October 
12, 1935, by James Love, from Proctorville, Ohio, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The apples were alleged to be adulterated in that they contained added dele- 
terious ingredients, lead and arsenic, which might have rendered them dangerous 
to health.
On or about November 20, 1935, James Love, claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was 
ordered that the apples be rewashed in order to remove the deleterious sub- 
stances.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.