29806. Adulteration of apples.     TJ. S. v. 24 Bushels of Apples.     Consent decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.    (F.   &  D.   No.   43814.    Sample   No. 
32759-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On August 22, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 24 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 17, 1988, by A. F. Dass from St. Joseph, Mich.; and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled: "L. J. Grieser    *    *    *   Benton Harbor, 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 September 15, 1938, the claimant having consented, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.