20259. Adulteration of apples.    U.S. v. 13 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree  of condemnation,  forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  & D.  no.
29301.    Sample no. 24446-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of apples that were 
found to bear arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered the 
article injurious to health.
On October 18, 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 13 bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill.
On November 2, 1932, an order amending the libel was filed. It was alleged 
in the libel as amended that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on October 11, 1932, by Morris Fine, from Benton Harbor, Mich., to 
Chicago, Ill., and that it was adulterated ia 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, to wit, arsenic and 
lead, in amounts which might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On December 7, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment 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. TTTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.