19953. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 9 Boxes of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 28211. I. S. No. 
53363.    S. No. 6087.)
Arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered the article injurious 
to health, were found on apples taken from the shipment involved in this action.
On April 18, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 9 boxes of apples, remaining in the original and unbroken 
cases at Cleveland, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about March 25, 1932, by the Universal Fruit Co., from We- 
natchee, Wash., to Cleveland, Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of 
the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Boxes) "Redman 
Brand Wenatchee District Apples."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, to wit, arsenic and lead, 
which might have rendered the product harmful to health.
On July 8, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
HENBY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.