31012. Adulteration of apples.    U.  S.  v.  17  Crates  and 8 Bushels  of Apples.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. Nos. 44446, 
44447.    Sample Nos. 46079-D, 46081-D.)
This product bore spray residue containing lead and arsenic.
On November 17, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 crates and 8 
bushels of apples at Decatur, Ill.; alleging that the article had been trans- 
ported by D. H. Jordan on or about November 9, 1938, from Hartford, Mich., to 
himself at Decatur, Ill.; and charging that it was adulterated in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. A portion of the article was labeled: "George T. Otis 
Bangor, Michigan."
Adulteration was alleged in that the article contained poisonous and deleteri- 
ous ingredients, namely, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On December 22, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
GSOVEB B. Hnx, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.