3076. Adulteration of apples.    XT. S. v. 788 Boxes of Apples.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. I). C. No. 6527.    Sample No. 70227-E.)
This product contained excessive amounts of lead and arsenic.
On December 4, 1941, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Georgia filed a libel against 798 boxes of apples at Home, Ga., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about November 24, 1941, 
by H. S. Denison &•¦¦¦Co.; from Cashmere, Wash.; and charging that it was 
adulterated in that it bore or contained poisonous and deleterious substances 
which might have rendered it injurious to health. The article was labeled in 
part: "Dainty Maid Brand Apples."
On February 24, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.