25491. Adulteration of apples.     V. S. v. 83 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 36741. Sample no. 
47977-B.)
This case involved apples which were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 81, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District of
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 33 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 22, 1935, by A. Trakinsky, from Berrien Springs, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act 
The article was labeled: "Winesap Apples   C. A. Stover."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts which might 
have rendered it injurious to health.
On December 31, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condem- 
nation was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.