24130. Adulteration of   apples.    U.   S.   v.   65   Bushels   of   Apples.    Default
decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 33750.    Sample no. 4229-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them harmful to health.
On September 24, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 65 bushels of apples 
at Neosho, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about September 20, 1934, by Otto Wright, from Springdale, Ark., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On January 17, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment was entered 
ordering that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.