27951. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 106 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.   No.   40854.     Sample   No. 
59765-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On November 2, 1937, 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 106 bushels of apples at Chi- 
cago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about October 26, 1937, by H. J. Billerbeck from Grand Junction,. Mich., and 
charging adulteration 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 January 7, 1938, no claimant having appeared, the product was condemned 
and ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.