29367. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 42 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 41510. Sample No. 
47547-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On November 4, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of West Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 42 bushels of 
apples at Charleston, W. Va.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about November 1, 1937, by Ernest Weekley from 
Proctorville, Ohio, to himself at Charleston, W. Va.; and charging adulteration 
Fin violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added or dele- 
terious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it dangerous 
to health.
On November 16, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and 'the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.