21733. Adulteration of   apples.     U.   S.   v.   51   Bushels   of   Apples.      Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D.  no
31589.    Sample nos. 59563-A, 59567-A.)
This case involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of apples, exami- 
nation of which showed the presence of arsenic and lead in amounts that 
might have rendered them injurious to health.
On October 27, 1933, the Uuited 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 51 bushels of 
apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 19, 1933, by O. L. Ensfield, from South 
Haven, 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 which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On December 22, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgm- 
ent 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.