26699. Adulteration of apples.   V. S. v. 21 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 88429.    Sample no. 12479-C.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with lead and arsenic.
On or about October 6, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 21 bushels of 
apples at Evansville, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 12, 1936, by the Kentucky Cardinal 
Orchard from Henderson, Ky., 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, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On December 17, 1938, 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.