25700. Adulteration of apples.     V. S. v. 49 Bushels of Apples.     Consent decree
of condemnation. Product delivered to charitable institutions on con- 
dition tbat the deleterious substances be removed before its use.     (F.
& D. no. 36743.    Sample no. 49060-B.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic- and lead-spray 
residue.
On October 30, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 49 bushels of apples at Omaha, 
Nebr., alleging that the article had been transported in interstate commerce 
from the orchard of E. Kreft, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Omaha, Nebr., by Leo 
Lefitz, on or about October 25, 1935, 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 or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered 
it harmful to health.
On November 6, 1935, the consignor and consignee having consented to., the 
entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered 
that the product be delivered to a charitable institution on condition that it 
be pared in order to remove the deleterious substances, and the parings 
destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.