23211. Adulteration of   apples.     V.   S.  v.  20  Baskets   of  Apples.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 33576.    Sample 
no.   4460-B.)
This case involved a shipment of apples which were found to contain 
arsenic and lead.
On September 11, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 20 baskets of 
apples at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 9, 1934, by Fred Bush, from Hardin, 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 added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which 
might have rendered it harmful to health.
On October 12, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.