27981. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 188 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation.    Product delivered to charitable institutions.     (F. &
D. No. 40542.    Sample Nos. 60626-C, 60628-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 4, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 188 bushels of apples at Colorado 
Springs, Colo., alleging that the article had been transported in interstate 
commerce on or about September 18, 1937, having been consigned by the J. C. 
Palumbo Fruit Co. from Emmett, Idaho, and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled in part: "Specially 
Packed For J. C. Palumbo Fruit Co.   Wenatchee, Wash.—Payette, Idaho."
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 27, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered delivered to charitable institutions 
to be used by such institutions after removal of the deleterious substances.
HAEET L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.