25706. Adulteration of   apples.     U.   S.   v.   528   Bushels   of   Apples,   and   other
actions. Product released under bond conditioned that deleterious 
substances be removed. (F. & D. nos. 36825, 36826, 36827. Sample nos. 
48944-B, 48945-B. 48946-B.)
These cases involved shipments of apples that were contaminated with lead 
and arsenic.
On November 22, 1935, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Missouri, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 1,647 bushels of 
apples at St. Joseph, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce between the dates of September 30, 1935, and October 12, 1935, 
by the Treat Orchard, from Atchison, Kans., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled, "Treat Orchard 
Jonathan."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered 
it injurious to health.
On December 18, 1935, Grace T. Berry and Robert Berry (Treat Orchard) 
of Atchison, Kans., claimants, having admitted the allegations of the libels, 
and having consented that judgment be entered for condemnation of the 
product, decrees were entered ordering that the apples be released under bond 
conditioned that they be washed in order to remove the deleterious substances.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.