27990. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 75 Crates of Apples.    Consent decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 40409.    Sample No. 49037-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 13, 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 75 crates of apples at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about September 3, 1937, by Albert Dykstra, of Chicago, Ill., from Benton 
Harbor, Mich., 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 October 18, 1937, the claimant having consented to the destruction of the 
apples, judgment of condemnation was entered and they were ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.