26707. Adulteration of apples.     U. S. v. 61 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 38489.    Sample no. 25188-C.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 13, 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 51 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 6, 1936, by the Cherry Hill Transit from Benton 
Harbor, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.   The article was labeled in part: "Reuben Wendzel Coloma, Mich."
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 4, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.