23216. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 87 Baskets of Apples.    Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 33731.     Sample 
no.  17843-B.)
This case involved a shipment of apples which were found to contain exces- 
sive amounts of lead.
On October 1, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 87 baskets
of apples at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 27, 1934, by B. Lippincott, from 
Riverton, N. J., 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 an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead.
On October 23, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.