26620. Adulteration of apples.    IT. S. v. 175 Crates of Apples.    Consent decree
of condemnation.    Product released subject to compliance with the law.
(F. & D. no. 38411.    Sample no. 15030-C.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 29, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Kentucky, acting upon a report by an official of the Kentucky State Board 
of Health, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 175 crates of apples at Louisville, Ky., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 26, 1936, via truck of 
Walt Franklin, of Anderson, Ind., from Watervliet, Mich., and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On October 1, 1936, Walt Franklin having appeared as claimant, consent 
decree of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be 
released subject to reconditioning and payment of all costs assessed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.