24432. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 100 Crates and 30 Crates of Apples.   De¬
fault   decree   of   condemnation  and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.   34884. 
Sample nos. 24765-B, 24766-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered them injurious to 
health.
On November 5, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 130 crates of apples 
at Hammond, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce October 31, 1934, by the Berrien County Produce Co., from Sauga- 
tuck, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On March.20, 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.