28160. Adulteration of apples.    TJ. S. v. 75 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of  condemnation  and  destruction.       (F.  &  D.  No.   40458.      Sample  No. 
59098-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 16, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 75 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about September 9, 1937, from Benton Harbor, Mich., by Chuck 
Miles, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled: "Ferdinand Bahm R 1 Benton Harbor, Mich."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous or 
deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On November 5, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.