29894. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 19 Crates of Apples.    Consent decree of
condemnation. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 44607. 
Sample No. 54004-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about December 2, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 19 crates of 
apples at South Bend, Ind.; alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about November 16, 1938, from Eau Claire, Mich., by 
John Redmond and Frank Wallace to themselves at South Bend, Ind.; 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 harm- 
ful to health.
On December 15, 1938, Redmond and Wallace, South Bend, Ind., having ap- 
peared as claimants and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered release! under bond 
conditioned that the poisonous and deleterious ingredients be removed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.