25172. Adulteration of currants.     IT.   S. v.  3  Crates of  Currants.     Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 36300.    Sample nos. 
36324-B, 36325-B.)
Examination of the currants involved in this case showed the presence of 
lead in an amount that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On July 13,1935, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of three crates of currants at Boston, 
Mass., consigned on July 11, 1935, alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce by Hubert Elting, from Highland, N. Y., and alleging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it harmful to 
health.
On August 20, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.