25626. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 25 Bushels of Apples.     Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.   36571.    Sample   no. 
39059-B.)
This case involved a shipment of apples that were contaminated with arsenic 
and lead.
On or about September 12, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 25 bushels of 
apples at Pampa, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on September 12, 1935, by D. R. Brown (Standard Food Market), 
from Springdale, Ark., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it in- 
jurious to health.
On October 24, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.