20858. Adulteration of   apples.    U.   S.   v.   630   Boxes   of   Apples.    Product
released under  bond  for  removal  of  spray  residue.    (F.   & D.  no.
30008.    Sample no. 21313-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples that were contaminated 
with lead spray residue.
On March 10, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of New Jer- 
sey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 630 
boxes of apples at Jersey City, N.J., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on or about February 27, 1933, by the Matson Co., from 
Selah, Wash., into the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration in vio- 
lation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " The M 
Brand * * * Selah Heights Orchards Matson Company, Yakima, Wash- 
ington."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous or deleterious substance, lead, which might have 
rendered it harmful to health.
The Matson Co., Yakima, Wash., appeared as claimant and filed a stipulation 
admitting the allegations of the libel and consenting to condemnation of the 
product. On March 22, 1933, a decree was entered ordering that the product 
be delivered to the claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $1,000, conditioned that the apples be made to comply with the 
requirements of the Federal Food and Drugs Act by removal of the lead spray 
residue.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.