27963. Adulteration of  apples.     V.  S.  v.  5  Bushels  and  5 Bushels   of  Apples.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 40664. 
Sample Nos. 49655-C, 49656-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 18, 1937, 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 10 bushels of apples 
at Mishawaka, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 11, 1937, by Verl Sones, of Mishawaka, Ind., from 
Berrien Springs, Mich., consigned to himself, and charging adulteration in vio- 
lation 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 November 24, 1937, no claimant having appeared, the product was con- 
demned and ordered destroyed.
HAEET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.