21125. Adulteration of   apple   chops.   U.   S.  v.   467   Sacks   of  Apple   Chops.
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. no. 29940.    Sample no. 35106-A.)
This case involved a quantity of apple chops containing arsenic and lead in 
amounts which might have rendered them injurious to health.
On March 15, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 467 sacks of apple 
chops at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about May 2, 1931, by the Battletown Fruit Co., from 
Staunton, Va., 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, which 
might have rendered it harmful to health.
On June 20, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.