24782. Adulteration of apples.    IT. S. v. 50 Baskets and 50 Baskets of Apples.
Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. nos. 35449, 
35450.    Sample nos. 28736-B, 28739-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in these cases showed the presence of 
lead in an amount that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On April 15, 1935, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 100 baskets of 
apples at Erie, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about April 11, 1935, by the American Fruit Growers, from 
Lockport, N. Y., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.   The article was labeled In part: "C. Tompkins Lockport N. Y. Baldwin."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poi- 
sonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On May 13, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGQ, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.