20103.  Adulteration of currants.    U.S. v. 7 Cases of Currants.    Default de- 
cree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.      (F.  &  D.  No.
28575.    Sample No.  5205-A.)
This action involved the shipment of a quantity of currants, samples of 
which were found to bear arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered 
the article injurious to health.
On July 16, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of seven cases of currants at Chicago, Ill., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 
12, 1932, by S. H. Bransky, from Benton Harbor, Mich., to Chicago, Ill., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it 
contained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in 
amounts that might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On September 26, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered 
by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.