28153. Adulteration of apples. XI. S. v. 23 Baskets of Apples. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 40472. Sample No. 62491-C.) This product was contaminated with lead. On October 2, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court an information against 23 baskets of apples at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 1, 1937, from Richwood, N. J., by Louis Reuter, 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, which might have rendered it harmful to health. On November 1, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.