28268. Adulteration of apples.     TJ.   S.  v.  2 Lots  of Apples.    Default decree   of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 40934.    Sample Nos. 50286-C, 
50287-C.) 
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This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On November 4, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of two lots consisting 
of 216 bushels of apples at Chippewa Falls, Wis., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 29, 1937, by L. F. 
Pickett from Traverse City, Mich., 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, lead and arsenic, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On December 1, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered ordering the product destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.