24592. Adulteration of apples.     V. S. v. 24 Bushels and 61 Bushels of Apples.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. nos. 35021, 
35022.    Sample nos. 25007-B, 25008-B, 25010-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 October 30, 1984, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 85 bushels of apples at 
Rockford, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about October 10, 1934, by the Dierks Fruit Co., from Benton Harbor, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: "Millburg Growers Exchange Millburg, Mich."
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 April 15, 1985, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.