24172. Adulteration of  apples.    V.   S.   v.   578  Bushels   of  Apples.     Consent
decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for re- 
moval of deleterious substances. (F. & D. no. 34953. Sample no. 
1944-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 November 26, 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 578 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 1, 1934, by the Millburg Fruit Growers Exchange, 
from Benton Harbor, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Millburg Growers Exchange 
Benton Harbor, Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On December 17, 1934, the Millburg Fruit Growers Exchange, claimant, 
having admitted 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 under bond, conditioned that they be washed to remove 
the deleterious substances.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.