25682. Adulteration of apples.     TJ.  S. v. 365 Busbels of Apples.     Consent de¬
cree of condemnation. Product released under bond for removal of 
deleterious substances.     (F. & D. no. 36573.    Sample no. 45065-B.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with lead and arsenic spray 
residue.
On October 1, 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 365 bushels of apples 
at Huntington, W. Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce between the dates of September 17 and September 20, 1935, by H. A. 
Childres, 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 deleterious 
ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered them dangerous to 
health.
On November 5, 1935, H. A. Childres, claimant, having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered 
that the apples be released under bond, conditioned that they be washed in order 
to remove the deleterious substances.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.