25362. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 84 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 36496. Sample no. 
33764-B.)
This case involved apples which were contaminated with lead. 
On September 30, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court a libel (subsequently amended) praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 84 bushels of apples at New Carlisle, Ohio, consigned September 28, 
1935, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce by 
Charles Bodiker, from Riverside, Mich., and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. A portion of the article was labeled: "Seek- 
No-Further Apples, A. H. Chabot, Riverside, Mich." A portion was labeled: 
"Grimes L. Chabot, Coloma, Mich."   The remainder was unlabeled.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous and deleterious substance, lead, which might have rendered it harm- 
ful to health.
On November 14, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was' ordered that the product be destroyed.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.