23212. Adulteration of   apples.     U.   S.   v.   54   Baskets,   et   al.,   of   Apples.
Default  decrees  of condemnation  and  destruction.     (F.  & D.  DOS. 
33604, 33667, 33732.    Sample nos. 17725-B, 17786-B, 17805-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in these cases showed the presence of 
excessive lead.
On September 18, 21, and 27,1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 158 baskets 
of apples at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce, on or about September 17, 20, and 26, 1934, by Horace 
Roberts, from Moorestown, N. J., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On October 5, 19, and 23, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.