28021. Adulteration of   damson   plums.     J.   S.   v.   17  Half-Bushels   of  Damson
Plums.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No.
40603.    Sample No. 59042-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On August 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 17 half-bushels of 
damson plums at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about August 26, 1937, by Jochem Bros, from Bridg- 
man, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.   The article was labeled: "H. Schultz R-2, Benton Harbor, Mich."
It 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 November 5, 1937, no claimant having appeared, the product was con- 
demned and ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.