25915. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 27 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.   no.   36823.     Sample   no. 
4817±-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples examination of which 
showed the presence of arsenic and lead which might have rendered them 
harmful to health.
On November 27, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 27 bushels of apples 
at Hammond, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about November 20, 1935, by Hyman Shlensky & Son, from 
Coloma, Mich., and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On February 15, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condem- 
nation was entered and it was ordered that the apples be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.