21949. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v. 92 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree   of   condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.
31800.    Sample no. 64875-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples that were found to bear 
arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On November 25, 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 92 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about November 20, 1933, by L. Latchaw, from Pullman, 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 contained 
added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts that 
might have rendered it injurious to health.
On January 9, 1934, 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.