25683. Adulteration of apples.     TJ.   S.  v.  400  Bushels  of Apples.     Consent de¬
cree of condemnation. Product released under bond, conditioned 
that deleterious substances be removed. (F. & D. no. 36574. Sample no. 
45068-B.)
This case involved a shipment of 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 hi the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 400 bushels of apples 
at Huntington, W. Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter-
state commerce on or about September 18 and Setpember 21, 1935, by C. W. 
Forgey, 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 dan- 
gerous to health.
On November 5, 1935, C. W. Forgey, claimant, having admitted the allegations 
of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the 
apples be released under bond, conditioned that they be cleaned in order to 
remove the deleterious substances.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.