23371. Adulteration of apples.    TT. S. v. 147 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no.  34134.     Sample 
no. 23433-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of arse- 
nic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On October 6, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 147 bushels of 
apples at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been transported in 
interstate commerce, on or about October 5, 1934, in part from the Ringhausen 
Packing Shed, Jerseyville, Ill., and in part from Roy Schil's Packing Shed, 
Hardin, Ill., 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, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On November 2, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.