27985. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 32 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and  destruction.      (F.   &   D.   No.   40539.     Sample   No. 
59189-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 30, 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 32 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about September 16, 1837, by E. Farr & Sons from Terre Haute, 
Ind., 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 December 13,1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.