20519. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 305 Boxes of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation  and  destruction.     (F.  & D.  no.  29636.    Sample no. 
18033-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of apples that bore 
arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered the article injurious to - 
health.
On or about November 16, 1932, the United States attorney for the District 
of Montana, 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 305 boxes of apples at Lewistown, Mont., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 
19, 1932, by Stratford Orchards Co., from Stratford, Wash., to Lewistown, 
Mont., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: " Delicious * * * Wash. No. 3—Grown by 
Stratford Orchards Co., Stratford, Wash."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have ren- 
dered the article injurious to .health.
On December 20, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWEILI,, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.