28295. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 12 Bushels and 17 Bushels of Apples.
Default decree  of condemnation and  destruction.     (F. & D.  No.  40930. 
Sample Nos. 60355-C, 60357-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On November 9, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 29 bushels of apples 
at Kenosha, Wis., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about November 4, 1937, from Benton Harbor, Mich., by S. 
Rosenblum to himself at Kenosha, Wis., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled: (Portion) "Oscar Erick- 
son R. 2 Coloma, Mich."; (remainder) "A. J. Kaiser   Watervliet, Mich."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous or 
deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On December 23, 1937, no claimant having appeared, the product was con- 
demned and ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.