599. Adulteration of celery.    U.  S. v. 45 Crates of Celery    Default decree of 
condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 1751.    Sample No. 3821-E.)
This product bore arsenic and lead spray residue.
On April 3, 1940, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
New York filed a libel against 45 crates of celery at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about March 4, 
1940, by the Pioneer Vegetable Exchange, Inc., from Los Angeles, Calif.; and 
charging that it was adulterated in that it bore or contained added poisonous 
or deleterious substances, namely, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered
it injurious to health.   The article was labeled in part: "Golden Heart Kole- 
Pak Brand."
On April 29, 1940, no claimant having appeared, a decree of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.