25800. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 50 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.   37248.    Sample   no. 
55078-B.)
This case involved a shipment of apples that were contaminated with arsenic 
and lead.
On November 14, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 50 bushels of apples 
at Hammond, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about November 4, 1935, by Paul Pewowar, from Hartford, Mich., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The apples were alleged to be adulterated in that they contained added poi- 
sonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have ren- 
dered them harmful to health.
On January 20, 1936, 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.