28936. Adulteration of apples.    IT.  S. v. 37 Bushels of Apples   (and 3 similar
seizure actions).    Product ordered released under bond for cleaning.
(F. & D. Nos. 41791 to 41794, incl.    Sample Nos. 47318-C, 47386-C, 47388-C, 
47389-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about December 7, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of West Virginia, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court four libels praying seizure and condemnation of 229 
bushels of apples at Huntington, W. Va., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 14 and 16, and October 4, 
1937, from Proctorville, Ohio, by H. E. Ellis & Turley, 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 danger- 
ous to health.
On March 5,1938, the cases having been consolidated and H. E. Ellis & Turley, 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, and having consented to 
the entry of a decree, the product was ordered released under bond conditioned 
that the deleterious substances be removed by washing.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.