21285. Adulteration of   apple   chops.    TI.   S.   v.   30   Sacks   of  Apple   Chops.
Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D    no
30497.    Sample no. 39993-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apple chops that contained dirt, 
also filth from insect and rodent infestation. Analysis of the article showed 
that it contained arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On May 20, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 30 sacks of apple 
chops at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
April 20, 1933, by Leroy Cold Storage & Produce Co., from Lockport, N.Y., 
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 and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which 
might have rendered it harmful to health. Adulteration was alleged for the 
further reason that the product consisted in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On June 22, 1933, 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.