25436. Adulteration of  apples.     IT.  S. v.  10 Bushels  of Apples.    Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 36408.    Sample 
no. 338-73-B.)
This case involved apples which were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On August 17, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 10 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 9, 1935, by Herbert Chabot, from Coloma, Mich., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Herbert Chabot Riverside Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenie and lead, in amounts which might have 
rendered it injurious 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.