30071. Adulteration of apples. U. S. v. 50 Bushels of Apples. Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 44373. Sample No.
32174-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 3, 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 p'raying seizure and condemnation of 50 bushels of apples
at Naperville, Ill.; alleging that they had been shipped in interstate commerce
from Sodus, Mich., on or about September 27, 1938, by Harry Sverdlin to himself
at Naperville; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous
c•r deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it harmful
to health.
On November 28, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.