25486. Adulteration of apples.    XT. S. v. 18 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. &¦ D. no. 36732. Sample no. 
47499-B.)
This case involved apples which were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 23, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,' filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 18 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 14, 1935, by Edward Rutz, from Berrien Springs, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: "Edward Rutz Berrien Springs, Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On December 31, 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.