26185. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 120 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.   no.   36499.    Sample   no. 
39103-B.)
This case involved apples that contained added poisonous ingredients, arsenic 
and lead.
On or about September 11,1935, the United States attorney for the District of 
Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 120 bushels of Golden 
Delicious apples at Liberal, Kans., consigned by H. L. Wright, alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 2, 
1935, from Farmington, Ark., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it harmful to health.
On April 22, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.