20311. Adulteration of   apples.     U.S.   v.   60   Bushels   of   Apples.     Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no.
29653.    Sample no. 5073-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 17, 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 Ottawa, Ill., alleging that
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce November 11, 1932, by 
James Garver, from Fennville, Mich., to Ottawa, 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 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. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.