27965. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 23 Bushels of Apples.    Consent decree
of  condemnation   and   destruction.      (F.   &  D.   No.   40737.     Sample   No. 
59368-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 20, 1937, 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 23 bushels of apples at Cicero, 
111., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
October 17,1937, by H. Goltz from Benton Harbor, Mich., and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: 
"M. W. Snyder R. 1, Sodus, Mich."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous or dele- 
terious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it harmful to 
health.
On November 16, 1937, the claimant having consented to the entry of a decree, 
the product was condemned and ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.