21613.  Adulteration of   apples.      V.   S.   v.  40  Bushels   of   Apples.      Default 
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. no.
31689.    Sample no. 59834-A.)
This case involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of applet, exam- 
ination of which showed the presence of arsenic and lead in amounts that 
might have rendered the apples injurious to health.
On October 31, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 40 bushels of 
apples at Chicago, III., alleging that the article had been shii ped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 23, 1933, by Tom Armatar, from Benton 
Harbor, Mich., 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 and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts 
that might have rendered it injurious to health.
On December 20, 193:'.. no claimant having appeared tor 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 State* marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.