30061. Adulteration of apples. U. S. v. 116 Bushels of Apples. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 44227. Sample Nos. 27876-D, 36443-D, 36444-D, 36445-D.) This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead. On August 27, 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 116 bushels of apples at Kansas City, Mo.; alleging that thei article had been shipped in inter- state commerce on or about August 24, 1988, by Paul M. Sugg from Gentry, Ark.; 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 September 6, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.