30130. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 72 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.   44606.     Sample  No. 
46078-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On November 17, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 72 bushels of apples 
at Evansville, Ind.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about November 9, 1938, from Lawrence, Mich., by Richard Trice 
to himself at Evansville, Ind.; and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. It was labeled in part: "C S Hammond Lawrence Mich 
Cleaned Apples Delicious."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On January 30, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.