25464. Adulteration of apples.     V. S. v. 39 Bushels and 48 Bushels of Apples.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. nos. 36577, 
36578.    Sample nos. 47432-B, 47433-B.)
These cases involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 8, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 87 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 2, 1935, by William A. Ruhna, from Benton Harbor, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. A 
portion of the article was labeled, "A. 0. Steinke, R-1, Coloma, Mich., De- 
licious"; the remainder was labeled, "E. O. Edwards, Sodus, Mich. * * * 
Hubbardston."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On November 27 and December 2, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be 
destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.