28275. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 37 Bushels of Apples.   Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 41515.    Sample No. 56430-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about September 27, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of 
Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 37 bushels of apples at Wich- 
ita, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about September 2, 1937, from Bentonville, Ark., by I. R. Sewell, to himself 
at Wichita, Kans., 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 ingredient, a compound of arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On January 10, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered ordering the product destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.