24455. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 135 Bushels and 100 Bushels of Apples.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. nos. 35073, 
35093.     Sample nos. 29237-B, 29262-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in these cases showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered, them injurious to 
health.
On December 22, 1934, and January 3, 1935, the United States attorney for 
the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 235 bushels of apples at Chicago, III., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 11 and October 12, 
1934, by W. E. Daly, in part from Benton Harbor and in part from Riverside, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: "W. E. Daly, Riverside, Mich.  N. W. Greening."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts that might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On February 16, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.