29706. Adulteration of apples.    TJ. S. v. 24 Bushels and 28 Bushels of Apples.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 44141, 
44143.    Sample Nos. 22280-D, 32155-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 21 and 27, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Wisconsin, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 52 bushels of 
apples at Milwaukee, Wis.; alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 18 and 25, 1938, from Benton Harbor, 
Mich., by Goldman & Lamping to themselves at Milwaukee, Wis.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled: 
"Joseph Sage R. 2 Coloma, Mich."; or "P. W. Rodewald, Watervliet, Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On October 26, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.