26862. Adulteration of apples.    IT. S. v. 26 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 38539. Sample no. 
15035-C.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about October 1, 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 26 bushels 
of apples at Indianapolis, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 27, 1936, by Abe Epstein from 
Benton Harbor, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The apples were alleged to be adulterated in that they contained added 
poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have 
rendered their use harmful to health.
On December 7,1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.