28289. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 121 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation  and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.   41151.     Sample   No. 
68042-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On November 18, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 121 bushels 
of apples at Louisville, Ky., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about November 16, 1937, from Bangor, Mich., by 
J. W. Dawson to himself at Louisville, Ky., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, lead and arsenic, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On December 9, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered ordering the product destroyed.
HARRY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.