26709. Adulteration of crab apples.   U. S. v. 6 Busbels of Crab Apples.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 38493.    Sample no. 
14294-C.)
This case involved a shipment of crab apples that were contaminated with 
arsenic and lead.
On September 19, 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 6 bushels of crab 
apples at Chicago, Ill. alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 13, 1936, by Henry Hauck from Benton 
Harbor, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
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 December 4, 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.