25873. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 516 Bushel Baskets of Apples.    Consent
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 35778. Sample 
no. 23332-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples that contained added 
poisonous or other deleterious ingredients that might have rendered the article 
injurious to health.
On July 9, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, act- 
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 516 bushel baskets, more or less, of 
Oldenburg (Duchess) apples at Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 5, 1935, by the F. H. 
Simpson Co., from Ozark, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or other deleterious ingredients, namely, lead and arsenic, which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On July 17, 1935, the D. L. Piazza Brokerage Co., claimant, having consented 
to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was 
ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.