24177. Adulteration of   apples.    U.   S.  v.   44   Bushels   of   Apples.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 35097.    Sample 
no. 25368-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 November 26, 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 44 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about November 21, 1934, by Root & Son, from Bangor, Mich., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Root & Son Bangor, Mich.   *   *   *    Starks Delicious."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts that might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On January 19, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.