21017. Adulteration of apples.    IT. S. v. 85 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree  of condemnation,  forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F.   & D.  no.
29808.    Sample no. 28443-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples found to bear arsenic and 
lead in amounts which might have rendered them injurious to health.
On January 5, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 85 bushels of apples at Chi- 
cago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on October 3, 1932, by J. R. Paxton, from Benton Harbor, Mich., 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 contained 
added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts which 
might have rendered it injurious to health.
On April 4, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture 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.