28278. Adulteration of apples.    IT. S. v. 165 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.   40975.     Sample  Nos. 
71201-C, 71205-C, 71206-C.)
This product was contaminated with lead.
On November 20, 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 165 bushels 
of apples at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about September 22, 1937, by. Walter Roberts from 
Moorestown, N. J., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.    The article was labeled in part: "F. L. B. Farm, Camden, N. J."
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 December 14, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered ordering the product destroyed.
HARRY  L.   BEOWN,   Acting  Secretary   of  Agriculture.