24000. Adulteration of   apples.     U.   S.   v.   20   Bushels   and   38   Bushels   of
Apples.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. &
D. nos. 35017, 35019.    Sanrple nos. 19107-B. 25024^-BJ
Examination of the apples involved in these cases showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to 
health.
Qn October 25 and November 6, 1934, the United States attorney for the 
Northern District of Illinois, acting upon'reports by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 58 
bushels of apples at Joliet, Ill., alleging that the article had been transported 
in interstate commerce on or about October 18 and 29, 1934, by H. Kristal, 
from Glenn, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. A portion of the article was labeled in part: " From Will Hamlin 
Glenn   Mich.   Hubbardson."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts that might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On December 17 and 20, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.