28280. Adulteration of apples.     U.  S. v. 29 Bushels and 48 Bushels of Apples.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. Nos. 40881, 
41148.    Sample Nos. 59778-C, 67788-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 29 and November 18, 1937, the United States attorney for the 
Eastern District of Wisconsin, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 
77 bushels of apples at Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 27 and November 15, 1937, 
from Sodus and Benton Harbor, Mich., respectively, by the Broadway Produce 
Co. to itself at Milwaukee, Wis., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.   One lot was labeled:  "Ben Rosenberg Sodus, Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On November 30 and December 23, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.