28250. Adulteration of  apples.     V.   S.  v.   24 Baskets  of  Apples   (and  3  other
seizure actions against the same product). Default decrees of con- 
demnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 40406, 40453, 40454, 40489. 
Sample Nos. 37392-C, 37397-C, 37398-C, 38600-C, 62617-C.)
This product was contaminated with lead.
On September 23 and 25 and October 4, 1937, the United States attorneys 
for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, acting upon reports by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 38 baskets of apples at New York, N. Y., and 
28 baskets of apples at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 21, 23, and 29, 1937, by Charles 
Wilmerton from Beverly, N. J., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled variously: "A. L. Richie & Son, 
Sunny Slope Farm Riverton, N. J."; "P. H. Burk Buttonwood Farm Beverly 
N. J."; "From J. W. Heal   Beverly   N. J."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it injurious 
to health.
On October 11, 26, and 28, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.