29579. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 17 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43933.    Sample No. 24719-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 7, 1938, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 bushels of apples 
at Kansas City, Mo.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 1, 1938, by Robert Tamblyn from Springdale, 
Ark.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On October 1, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.