27994. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 17 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.   No.   40616.     Sample   No. 
49689-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 20, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 bushels of apples 
at Lexington, Ky., alleging that the article had been transported in interstate 
commerce on or about October 13, 1937, from Berrien Springs, Mich., by truck 
of J. D. Southworth, of Lexington, Ky., consigned to himself, 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 
injurious to health.
On November" 27, 1937, no claimant having appeared, the product was con- 
demned and ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.