20691. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 100 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and  destruction.    (F.   &  D.   no.
29640.    Sample no. 28387-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of apples that bore 
arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered them injurious to 
health.
On November 18, 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 100 bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on September 30, 1932, by 
Bill Nicolson, from Covert, 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 con- 
tained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts 
which might have rendered the article harmful to health.
On April 4, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 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.