27960. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 28 Baskets of Apples.    Consent decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 40852. Sample No. 
59745-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 29, 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 28 bushels of apples at 
Chicago, Ill. alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about October 24, 1937, from Stevensville, Mich., by Charles Jansen, 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 harm- 
ful to health.
On November 13, 1937, the claimant having admitted the allegations of the 
libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, the product was condemned 
and ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.