20263. Adulteration of apples.     U.S. v.  10 Bushels,  et al., of Apples.     De¬
fault decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.   F. & D.
nos. 29232, 29280.    Sample nos. 24470-A, 24954-A.)
These actions involved the interstate shipment of quantities of apples that 
were found to bear arsenic and lead in amounts which might have rendered the 
article injurious to health.
On October 11 and October 21, 1932, the United States attorney for the 
Northern District of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 22 bushels of apples at Chicago, Ill., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce in part on 
October 6, and in part on October 13, 1932, by S. H. Bransky, from Benton 
Harbor, Mich., to Chicago, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it 
contained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, to wit, arsenic and lead, 
in amounts which might have rendered the article injurious to health.
On November 17, 1932, and December 13, 1932, no claimant having appeared 
for the property, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
R. G. TXTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.