29708. Adulteration of apples.     TJ.  S. v. 74 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.   44029.    Sample   No. 
2438-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 15, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 74 bushels of apples 
at St. Louis, Mo.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce from Hardin, Ill., on or about September 13, 1938, by Everett Hagen to 
himself at Hardin, Ill.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Grown & Packed By Lorzbach 
Bros. Hardin, Bis."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous or dele- 
terious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it harmful to 
health.
On October 17, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.