20261. Adulteration of apples. U.S. v. 19 Bushels of Apples. Default de¬ cree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 29606. Sample no. 29928-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 November 1, 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 19 bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce October 24, 1932, by R. E. Russel, from Benton Harbor, Mich., to Chicago, Ill., and charging adul- teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- tained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, to wit, arsenic and lead, in amounts which might have rendered the article injurious to health. On December 14,1932, 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.