29200. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 50 Bushels of Apples.     Consent decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.   40544.    Sample   No. 
63035-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 8, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 50 bushels of apples at 
Greenville, Tex.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 6, 1937, by V. B. Nicholson from Springdale, Ark.; 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On October 9, 1937, V. B. Nicholson having admitted the ownership of the 
product and having petitioned that it be destroyed because it was unfit to be 
sold to the public and was fast decaying, judgment of condemnation and de- 
struction was entered.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.