26891. Adulteration of apples.     IT. S. v. 30 Bushels of Apples.     Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 38811. Sample no. 
25934-C.)
These apples were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about November 19, 1936, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 30 bushels of 
apples at Hammond, Ind., alleging that they had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about October 28, 1936, by Louis Weiss, from Coloma, Mich., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Kings Reuben Wendzel Coloma, Mich."
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 December 30,1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.