29545. Adulteration of apple butter.    IT. S. v. 78 Cases of Apple Butter.   Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 42934. Sample 
No. 25921-D )
This product was contaminated with lead.
On June 16, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a. report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 78 cases of apple butter at Newark, 
N. J.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about May 5, 1938, by Holsum Products from Cleveland, Ohio; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: "Glenside * * * Apple Butter Wilkinson, Gaddis & Co., Distribu- 
tors Newark, N. J."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poisonous and 
deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it injurious to health.
On October 22, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.