29550. Adulteration of apples.     U.  S. v. 121 and 24 Boxes of Apples.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43896.   Sample Nos. 
28662-D, 28663-D.)
This product was contaminated with lead arsenate.
On September 1, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation 145 boxes of 
apples at Spokane, Wash.; alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about-August 23, 1938, by 0. S. Stewart & Sons from 
Freewater, Oreg.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous substance, lead arsenate, which might have been rendered it injurious 
to health.
On October 12, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.