28376. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v. 75 Boxes of Apples.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 41509.    Sample no. 45319-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On December 30, 1987, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 75 boxes of apples 
at Crescent City, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about December 14, 1937, by George Seeback from Grants Pass, 
Oreg., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: "Bio Lado Ranch R #2 Grants Pass, Oregon."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous or 
deleterious substances, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it injurious 
to health.
On January 19,1938, no claimant having appeared, the product was condemned 
and ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.