28138. Adulteration of apples.    TJ. S. v. 291 Bushels of Apples.     Consent decree
of condemnation.     Product released under bond for rewashine.     (F   &
D. No. 40492.    Sample Nos. 48916-C, 48922-C.)
This product was contaminated with added lead and arsenic. 
On September 28,1937, 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 291 bushels of apples at Omaha, 
Nebr., alleging that the article had been transported in interstate commerce on 
or about September 20, 1937, from the orchard of J. C. Huffaker, Anderson, Mo., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On September 29, 1937, L. Paperny and Sam Colick, claimants for respective 
portions of the product, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the product was released under bond con- 
ditioned that it be rewashed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.