28249. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 50 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 40394.   Sample No. 
56460-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about September 16, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 50 bushels of 
apples at Aubrey, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 7, 1937, from Rogers, Ark., by Lloyd 
Justus to himself at Aubrey, Tex., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On October 26, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.