26719. Adulteration of apples.    IT. S. v. 22 Bushels of Apples.   Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 38574.    Sample no. 25631-C.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 17, 1936, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 22 bushels of apples 
at Hammond, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about October 14, 1936, by the Hammond Fruit Co., of Ham- 
mond, Ind., from Benton Harbor, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Washed Apples 
Packed by Ruell & Biedenkopf   *    *    *   Lacota, Michigan."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On December 8, 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.