27956. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 120 Bushels of Apples.    Consent decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.      (F.   &  D.   No.   40618.     Sample   Na 
59601-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 5, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 120 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 3, 1937, from Sodus, Mich., by Joseph Martorano, of 
Chicago, Ill., 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 added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On October 11, 1937, the claimant having admitted the allegations of the libel 
and consented to the entry of a decree, the product was condemned and ordered 
destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.