26684. Adulteration of apples.     V. S. v. 50 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 38248.   Sample no. 14740-C.)
This case involved a shipment of apples that were contaminated with ar- 
senic and lead.
On August 18, 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 50 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 12, 1936, by Nemitz Bros., from Bridgman, 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 November 20, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.