28133. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 117 Baskets and 43 Baskets of Apples.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 40440, 
40507.    Sample Nos. 58686-C, 62535-C, 62662-C.)
This product was contaminated with lead.
On September 29 and October 8, 1937, the United States attorney for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation 
of 160 baskets of apples at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 28 and October 7, 
1937, from Beverley, N. J., by Harry J. Chant and H. J. Chant, respectively, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On October 18 and November 1, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.