27952. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 140 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation  and   destruction.      (F.   &  D.   No.   40615.     Sample   No. 
49630-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 18, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, 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 at Con- 
tinental, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about October 8, 1937, from Watervliet, Mich., by Gerald Bibler, of Conti- 
nental, Ohio, consigned to himself, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained poisonous or 
deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it injurious 
to health.
On February 2,1938, no claimant having appeared, the product was condemned 
and ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.