27997. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 108 Bushels of Apples.    Consent decree
of   condemnation  and  destruction.      (F.   &   D.   No.   40535.     Sample   No. 
48263-C.)
This product was contaminated with lead.
On October 13, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 108 bushels of apples at Baltimore, 
Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by Clyde Ward from Crozet, Va., 
on or about October 12, 1937, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredient, lead.
On October 14, 1937, the owner having admitted the allegations of the libel 
and having consented to the entry of a decree, the product was condemned and 
ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.