20310. Adulteration of apples.    U.S. -r. 70 Bushels of Apples.    Default de- 
cree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.
29601.    Sample no. 5068-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 4, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 70 bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce October 30, 1932, by Daniel 
Reynolds, from Berrien Springs, Mich., to Chicago, Ill., and charging adultera- 
tion 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 December 15, 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.