23417. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 48 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 34406.    Sample 
no. 19305-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 16, 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 48 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 10, 1934, by A. Wakeman, from Bangor, Mich., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part:   " From S. L. Wakeman and Son, Bangor, Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts that might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On November 8, 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.