37984. Adulteration of apples. U. S. v. 6 Bushels and 17 Bushels of Apples. 
Consent decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 40617. 
Sample Nos. 49795-C, 50201-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 6, 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 Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about October 4, 1937, by L. Hawley & Son from Ludington, Mich., 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 November 2, 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.