2903. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v. 2,825 Crates of Apples (and 10 other seiz¬
ure actions against apples). Decrees of condemnation. Portion of 
product ordered destroyed; remainder ordered released.under bond for 
removal of deleterious substances. (F. D. C. Nos. 6162 to 6165, incl., 6331 
to 6333, incl.. 6335 to 6337, incl., 6377. Sample Nos. 58174-E, 58175-E, 
71062-B, 71064-B, 71071-E to 71073-E, incl., 71521-E, 71526-B, 71527-E, 
71530-B, 73456-E.)
On or about October 29 and November 4, 6, 15, and 22, 1941, the United States 
attorneys for the Eastern District of Missouri and the District of Kansas filed 
libels against 4,107 crates and 2,134 baskets of apples at Hannibal, Mo., and 440 
bushels of apples at Kansas City, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped 
within the period from on or about September 11 to on or about October 17; 1941, 
from Payson and Fall Creek, Ill., by Seymour Orchards, except one shipment ia 
the name of H. M. Seymour. On or about November 12, 1941, the United States 
attorney for the Northern District of Iowa filed a libel against 24,000 pounds of 
apples at Waterloo, Iowa, which had been shipped by the Seymour Orchards on 
or about October 27, 1941.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious substances, i. e., arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it- 
injurious to health.
On December 2, 1941, no claimant having appeared for the apples seized at 
Waterloo, Iowa, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was 
ordered destroyed. On November 3 and 22 and December 9, 1941, the claimants 
for the apples seized at Hannibal, Mo., and Kansas City, Kans., having admitted 
the allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation were entered and the 
product was ordered released under bond conditioned that all deleterious sub- 
stances be removed therefrom under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration.