27964. Adulteration of apples.     U.   S. v.  64 Bushels and 71 Bushels of Apples.
Consent decrees of condemnation. Product delivered to a charitable 
institution on condition that deleterious substances be removed before 
its use.    (F. & D. Nos. 40679, 40690.   Sample Nos. 48816-C, 48817-C, 58309-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 22 and 27, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of 
Nebraska, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 135 bushels of apples at 
Omaha, Nebr., alleging that the article had been shipped In interstate commerce 
on or about October 17 and 21, 1937, by Harry Marks from DeKalb, Mo.,—a part 
from the Kenmore orchard—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 
harmful to health.
.   On October 23 and 30, 1937, the Kenmore Orchard, Kolb, Mo., and Marks 
& Woods, Omaha, Nebr., the owners of the apples, having consented to the entry
of decrees, the product was condemned and ordered to be turned over to a 
charitable institution provided the apples were first pared to remove all poisonous 
ingredients.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.