29620. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 33 Boxes of Apples.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43940.    Sample No. 15553-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 13, 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 33 boxes of apples 
at Kansas City, Mo.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
August 20,1938, by Associated Growers of British Columbia, Ltd., from Kelowna, 
B. C, Canada; 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.