28151. Adulteration of apples.     XJ. S. v. 21 Baskets of Apples.     Default decree
of  condemnation  and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.   40493.    Sample   Nos. 
56978-C, 62632-C.)
This product was contaminated with lead.
On October 5, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 21 baskets of 
apples at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 30, 1937, from Beverly, N. J., by E. W. 
Schmierer, 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 ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On October 20, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.