28166. Adulteration of apples.   U. S. v. 226 Baskets of Apples.   Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 40428.   Sample No. 58671-C.)
This product was contaminated with lead.
On September 25, 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 a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 226 baskets 
of apples at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 24, 1937, from Palmyra, N. J., by 
Charles Reidenbaker, 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 harmful 
to health.
On October 18, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.