26919. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 63 Boxes of Apples.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 38941. Sample nos. 10384-C, 
10385-C, 10386-C.)
These apples were contaminated with lead and arsenic.
On December 24, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 63 boxes of apples 
at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about December 16, 1936, by Adolph Hildebrand, from Dallas, 
Oreg., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. It 
was labeled in part:   "A Hildebrand Dallas Ore."
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 12, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.