28148. Adulteration of apples.    17. S. v. 150 Bushels of Apples.     Consent decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.   40426.    Sample   No. 
43664-C.)
This product was contaminated with lead.
On September 23, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 150 bushels of apples 
at Tampa, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about September 9, 1937, from Fort Payne, Ala., by Fugazzi Bros., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained excessive 
amounts of an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might 
have rendered it injurious to health.
On September 28, 1937, Fugazzi Bros., the owners, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HAEBY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.