21010. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v. 16 Bushels, et al., of Apples.     De¬
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. no. 29728.    Sample nos. 28344-A. 28345-A. 28346-A.)
This case involved a quantity of apples found to bear arsenic and lead in 
amounts which might have rendered them injurious to health.
On November 10, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Indiana, 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 114 bushels of apples at Hammond, Ind., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about November 
6, 1932, by the Hammond Fruit Co., from Glenn, Mich., to Hammond, Ind., 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 added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which 
might have rendered it harmful to health.
On March 6, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, and the 
apples being then in a decaying condition, judgment of condemnation and for- 
feiture was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.