26721. Adulteration of apples.     TT. S. v. 140 Bushels of Apples.     Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.    38578.    Sample   no. 
25987-C.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about November 13, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 140 bushels 
of apples located near Neosho, Mo., in possession of Milton Foster, alleging that 
the article had been shipped from Bangor, Mich., on or about November 5, 1936, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product 
had been transported in interstate commerce by Milton Foster in his own truck.
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 January 5, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.