25522. Adulteration of apples.    TT. S. v. 24 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation  and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.   36838.     Sample   no. 
55143-B.)
This case involved apples which were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On November 26,' 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 24 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 25, 1935, by W. C. Pictor, from Benton Harbor, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: "Adolph Baier, R 2 Watervliet, 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 February 8, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.