28860. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 554 Crates of Apples.    Consent decree
of condemnation.    Product released under bond for cleaning.    (F. & I
No. 40692.   Sample Nos. 59382-C, 59383-C)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 23, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 554 crates of apples 
at Blue Island, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate- 
commerce on or about October 19, 1937, from Sodus, Mich., by E. G. Sherman, 
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 November 3, 1937, E. G. Sherman, claimant, having admitted the allega- 
tions 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 the apples be cleaned and the spray residue removed.
M. "L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.