27995. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 594 Crates of Apples.    Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be Trashed.     (F. & D.
No. 40743.    Sample No. 59645-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 12, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 594 crates of apples at 
Davenport, Iowa, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 6, 1937, by truck of the Lincoln Farm, driven by 
N. W. Filbus, from Stevensville, Mich., 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 26, 1937, Lagomarcino-Grupe Co., Davenport, Iowa, claimant, hav- 
ing admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond conditioned that it be cleaned under the supervision of 
this Department.
HAKET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.