25671. Adulteration of apples.     U.  8. v. 50 Bushels of Apples.     Judgment of
condemnation.    Product released under bond, conditioned that delete- 
rious substances be removed.     (F, & D. no. 36517.    Sample no. 32570-B.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about September 12, 1935, the United States attorney for the District 
of Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 50 bushels of apples 
at Hutchinson, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 5, 1935, by Sam De Luca, from Rogers, Ark., 
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 ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it injurious to 
health.
On April 22, 1936, the Grovier Starr Produce Co., of Hutchinson, Kans., having 
appeared as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was 
ordered that the product be released under bond, conditioned that it be 
washed in order to remove the deleterious substances.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.