28287. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 45 Bushels of Apples.    Consent decree
of  condemnation  and   destruction.      (F.   &  D.   No.   41517.     Sample  No. 
56363-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about September 14, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 45 
bushels of apples at Newkirk, Okla., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 6, 1937, from Bentonville, Ark., 
by Paris Shoffner to himself at Newkirk, Okla., 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 injurious to health.
On October 11, 1937, the shipper having consented, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.