26595. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. Sixty 1-Bushel Crates of Apples.     Con¬
sent decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 3S221.     Sample 
no. 7708-C.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On August 20, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 60 crates of apples at Baltimore, 
Md., alleging that the article had been transported in interstate commerce 
on or about August 14, 1936, by Harry T. Silverfarb Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., 
from Leesburg, Va., 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.
On August 22, 1936, Harry T. Silverfarb, Co. Inc., having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of the decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product 
be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.