29959. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 52 Crates of Apples.    Consent decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 44497.    Sample No. 64024-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On November 28, 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 52 crates of apples 
at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about November 21, 1938, from Kent County, Mich., by William Zimmer- 
man to himself at Chicago, Ill.; 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 
harmful to health.
On December 1, 1938, the claimant having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HABET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.