28038. Adulteration of apples.    U.  S. v. 477 Boxes and 173 Boxes of Apples.
Consent decrees of condemnation. Product released under bond for re- 
washing. (F. & D. Nos. 40849, 40850. Sample Nos. 54881-C, 54885-C, 
54886-C.)
One lot of this product was contaminated with lead and the other lot with 
arsenic and lead.
On November 4 and 8, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of 
Rhode Island, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 650 boxes of apples at 
Providence, R. I., consigned during the months of September and October 1937, 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by Geo. F. 
Sheldon from Wrentham, Mass., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
The apples were alleged to be adulterated in that a portion contained lead 
and the remainder contained arsenic and lead, added poisonous or deleterious 
ingredients, which might have rendered them harmful to health.
On December 15, 1937, Geo. F. Sheldon, Wrentham, Mass., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libels and having consented to the entry of 
decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the 
product be released to claimant under bond conditioned that the apples be 
rewashed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.