23410. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 51 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 34520.    Sample 
no. 19134-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of arsenic 
and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On October 30, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 51 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been transported in interstate 
commerce on or about October 22, 1934, by Clyde E. Dohm, from Sodus, Mich., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: " Ewald Brenner Watervliet Mich Greening."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts that might have ren- 
dered it injurious to health.
On December 17, 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.