27974. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 250 Bushels of Apples.     Default decree
of   condemnation  and  destruction.      (F.   &  D.   No.   40514.     Sample   No. 
57877-C.)
This product was contaminated with lead.
On October 16, 1987, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 250 bushels of apples at Washington, 
D. C, alleging that the article had been transported from the Boyd Orchard 
(Mrs. K. Silver), Martinsburg, W. Va., by jury O. Reynolds, of Washington, 
D. C, on or about October 15,1937, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained a poisonous 
or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On December 6,1937, no claimant having appeared, the product was condemned 
and ordered destroyed,
HAEET I* BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.