27949. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v. 260 Bushels of Jonathan Apples.    Consent
decree of condemnation.    Product released under bond to be rewashed.
(F. & D. No. 40408.    Sample Nos. 4768-C, 4771-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 18,1937, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 260 bushels of apples at Omaha, Nebr., 
alleging that the article had been transported in interstate commerce on or about 
September 15 and 16, 1937, from the orchard of C. E. Ritz, Fortescue, Mo., by 
Louis Green, of Omaha, Nebr., 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 harm- 
ful to health.
On September 23, 1937, Louis Green, claimant, having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered that the 
product be released under bond conditioned that the deleterious substances be 
removed by washing.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.