30172. Adulteration of apples.    IT. S. v. 22 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 44492. Sample No. 
46027-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about November 10, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 22 bushels 
of apples at Terre Haute, Ind.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about November 1, 1938, from Benton Harbor, Mich., 
by the Terre Haute Commission Co. to itself at Terre Haute, Ind.; and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Olaf Olson South Haven, Mich Golden Del."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous and 
deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On January 9, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.