20275. Adulteration of apples.    U.S. v. 28 Bushels, et al., of Apples.    Default
decrees   of  condemnation,   forfeiture,  and   destruction.      (F.  &  D.
nos.   29086,   29141,   29149,   29161.     Sample  nos.  24719-A,   24834-A,   24835-A, 
24918-A, 24947-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipment of quantities of apples that 
were found to bear arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered the 
article injurious to health.
On September 28, October 1, October 8, and October 11, 1932, the United 
States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon reports by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States 
for the district aforesaid libels praying seizure and condemnation of 130 
bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce in various consignments on September 17, September 
21, September 24, October 3, and October 7, 1932, by W. H. Wark, from South 
Haven, Mich., to Chicago, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels 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 November 16 and 17, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, 
judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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.