20504. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 46 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.  &  D.   no.
29317.    Sample no. 5049-A.)
This action involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of apples that 
were found to bear arsenic in an amount which might have rendered the 
article injurious to health.
On October 28, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Illinois, 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 46 bushels of apples at Peoria, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 20, 
1932, by R. G. Beckwith, from Benton Harbor, Mich., to Peoria, Ill., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
tained an added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, arsenic, which might 
have rendered the article injurious to health.
On December 14, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TtrGWEix, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.