25701. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v. 156 Crates and 77 Crates  of Apples.
Consent decree of condemnation. Produet released under bond, con- 
ditioned that deleterious substance be removed. (F. &. D. nos. 36747, 
36748.    Sample nos. 49686-B, 49910-B, 49912-B.)
These cases involved apples that were contaminated with a lead-spray residue.
On October 23 and November 4, 1935, the United States attorney for the South- 
ern District of New York, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 233 crates 
of apples at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 19 and October 16, 1935, by C. J. 
Williamson, of Benson, Vt., in pool car shipment from Orwell, Vt., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled 
in part: "C. J. Williamson, Benson, Vt."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On November 16, 1935, a claim for the product having been entered by an 
agent for the owner admitting the allegation of the libels and consenting to 
the entry of a decree of condemnation, the cases were consolidated. On Novem- 
ber 22, 1935, judgment was entered ordering that the product be released under 
bond conditioned that the excess lead-spray residue be removed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.