27054. Adulteration of apples.     TT. S. v. 21 Bushels of Apples.     Default decree
of    condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.    &   D.   no.   38509.     Sample   no. 
25822-C.)
These apples were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 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 21 bushels of Jonathan 
apples at Chicago, Ill., alleging that they had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 11, 1936, by L. Cealka from Stevensville, Mich., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "V. A. Mainwaring Hartford, Mich."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous and 
deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in an amount which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On December 29, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.