26683. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 23 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 3S214.    Sample no. 5871—C.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On July 31, 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 23 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about July 26, 1936, by Rosenthal & Stockfish from Benton Harbor, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: "J. L. Willmeng R-2 Watervliet, Mich. 
Duchess."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts which might 
have rendered it injurious to health.
On October 2, 1936, 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.