29836. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. -v. 13 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.    (F.   &  D.   No.   44142.    Sample  No. 
32121-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 27, 1938, 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 13 bushels of apples 
at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped Jn interstate com- 
merce on or about September 21, 1938, by George Kringas from Benton Harbor, 
Mich., to himself at Chicago; and charging adulteration in violation of tie 
Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: "Grown by F. W. 
Rodewald Watervliet, 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 November 14, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.