26558. Adulteration of currants.     U.  S. v. 4  Crates of Red Currants.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 38097.    Sample no. 
5810-C.)
This case involved currants that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On July 17, 1936, 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 four crates of red 
currants at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about July 12, 1936, by Carl Rodowske, from Berrien Springs, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act
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 October 2, 1936, no claimant appearing, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.