2899. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 420 Busliels of Apples.    Consent decree
of condemnation.     Product ordered released under bond to be cleansed.
(F. D. C. No. 6317.    Sample No. 73249-E.)
On or about November 17, 1941, the United States attorney for the District" of 
Kansas filed a libel against 420 bushels of apples at Kansas City, Kans., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 8, 
1941, by L. G. Brown from Griggsville, Ill.; and charging that it was adulterated 
in that it contained added poisonous or deleterious substances, i. e., arsenic and 
lead, which might have rendered it injurious to health, it was labeled in part: 
"Grown and Packed by Roy Biddle & Sons    Griggsville, Ill."
On December 9, 1941, Michael, Swanson & Brady Produce Co., Kansas City, 
Mo., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be 
cleansed under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.