28645. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 53 Baskets of Apples.   Default decree, of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 40335.    Sample No, 58825-C.)
This product was contaminated with lead.
On September 9, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 53 baskets of apples 
at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 8, 1937, from Moorestown, N. J., by J. H. 
Dennler, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On September 30, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.