25489. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 32 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 36737. Sample no. 
47613-B.)
This case involved apples which were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 16, 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 32 bushels of apples at 
Chicago, Ill. alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about October 9 and 10, 1935, by Howard Slocum, from Lawrence, Mich., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Howard Slocum, Lawrence, Mich."
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 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.