24171. Adulteration of  apples.    U.   S.  v.   607  Bushels   of  Apples.     Consent
decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for re- 
moval of deleterious substances. (F. &. D. no. 34952. Sample nos. 
25421-B, 25422-B, 25426-B, 25434-B.)
Examination of the apples involved In this case showed the presence of arsenic 
and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On or about December 13, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 607 bushels of 
apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce in various lots between the dates of September 28 and October 3,1934, 
by the Saugatuck Fruit Exchange, from Saugatuck, Mich., and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the Food and Drug Act. Portions of the article were 
labeled: " From Saugatuck Fruit Exchange Saugatuck, Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts that might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On January 21, 1935, A. W. Barnett & Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the apples be 
released to the claimant under bond, conditioned that they be washed to remove 
the deleterious ingredients.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.