21063. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 80 Bushels of Apples, et al.    De¬
fault   decree   of   forfeiture   and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.   30454. 
Sample nos. 5018-A, 5067-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples found to bear arsenic 
and lead in amounts which might have rendered them injurious to health.
On or about October 28, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Illinois, acting upon a. report by the Secretary of Agriculture 
filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 80 
bushels of apples at Hoopeston, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about October 11, 1932, by Wilmer Dee from 
Glenn, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. On November 18, 1932, the libel was amended to include 42 bushels 
more of apples which had been shipped in interstate commerce by Dewey Dee 
from Glenn, Mich., on October 30, 1932.
It was alleged in the libel that the apples were adulterated in that they 
contained arsenic and lead, which might have rendered them harmful to 
health.
On January 28, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.