29859. Adulteration of apples.   U. S. v. 21 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43817.    Sample No. 32778-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On August 27, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 21 bushels of apples at Chi- 
cago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about August 21, 1938, by the Shaf ton Co. from Benton Harbor, Mich.; and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled:   "Ed Brenner R-2 Watervliet, Mich."
It 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 13, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HABET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.