26395. Adulteration of currants.     U. S. v. 7 Crates of Currants.     Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 38087.    Sample no. 6257-C.)
This case involved currants that contained added poisonous and deleterious 
ingredients, arsenic and lead.
On July 14, 1936, 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 seven crates of currants at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about July 7, 1936, by Otto Kelder from South Haven, Mich., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
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 October 2, 1936, no claimant appearing, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.