255. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 52 Crates of Apples.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 851.    Sample No. 79260-D.)
On October 6, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois filed a libel against 52 crates of apples at Elmhurst, Ill., alleging that 
the article, consigned to Forland Noble at Elmhurst, Ill., had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 28, 1939, by Forland Noble, from 
South Haven, Mich.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it contained 
an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered 
it harmful to health.
On November 27, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.