28490. Adulteration of apples.     IT. S. v. 25 Bushels and 31 Bushels of Apples.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 40734. 
Sample No. 594S8-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 6, 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 56 bushels of apples at Joliet, 
111., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or 
about September 30, 1937, from Fennville, Mich., by Edmund Ongena, and charg- 
ing 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 December 13, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.