26462. Adulteration of apples.     IT. S. v. 53 Bushels of Apples.     Consent decree
of   forfeiture.     Product  ordered delivered to  a  charitable institution.
(F. & D. no. 38392.    Sample no. 4542-C.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about September 28, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 53 bushels of 
Delicious apples at Kansas City, Mo., transported from Troy, Kans., by truck 
of Paul Herring, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com-
merce on or about September 24, 1936, and that it was in possession of Paul 
Herring, Kansas City, Mo., 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 deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On October 2, 1936, Paul Herring, claimant, having admitted the allegations 
of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of for- 
feiture was entered and it was ordered that the apples be delivered to some 
charitable institution on condition that they be peeled before being used.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.