23412. Adulteration of apples. IT. S. v. 14 Bushels of Apples. Default de¬ cree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 34369. Sample nos. 17735-B, 17922-B.) Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of lead in an amount that might have rendered them injurious to health. On October 26, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 14 bushels of apples at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 22, 1934, by H. G. Taylor, Jr., from Riverton, N. J., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Grown and packed by H. G. Taylor, Jr., Riverton, N. J." The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, in an amount that might have rendered it injurious to health. On November 17, 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.