23992. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 30 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.  no.  34886.     Sample 
no. 18621-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 25, 1934, 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 30 bushels of apples 
at Joliet, Ill., alleging that the article had been transported in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 16, 1934, by Cash Wholesale Gro. Co., from Benton 
Harbor, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Alford R. Butzbach Watervliet Mich. 
Jonathan."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison 
on and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts that might have* 
rendered it injurious to health.
On December 20, 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.