20272. Adulteration of apples.    U.S. v. 60 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree  of  condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  & D.  no.
29148.    Sample no. 24896-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of apples that 
were found to bear arsenic and lead in an amount which might have rendered 
the article injurious to health.
On October 6, 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 60 bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce September 20, 1932, by 
Gust Baldaccini, 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, to wit, arsenic and lead, in 
amounts which might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On November 17, 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. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.