28290. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 250 Bushels of Apples.   Default decree
of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 41242.   Sample No. 687-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead. 
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On November 18, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District
of Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 250 bushels of apples 
at Louisville, Ky., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about November 15, 1937, by Denny McCoy from B. L. Billings' 
Orchard, Greenwood, Ind., 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 December 17, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered ordering the product destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.