23372. Adulteration of   apples.     U.   S.   v.   108   Bushel   Baslsets   of   Apples.
Product released under bond for removal of deleterious ingred- 
ients.    (F. & D. no. 34135.    Sample nos. 23469-B, 23470-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead.
On October 2, 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 108 bushels of apples 
at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about October 1, 1934, in part by Margaret Ringhausen, from 
Hardin, Ill., and in part by has. Ringhausen, from Jerseyville, Ill., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.   The article was
labeled in part: " Jonathan   *    *    *   Grown and packed by has. Ringhausen, 
Jersey ville, Ill. [or "Margaret Ringhausen, Hardin, Ill."]." 
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The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On October 17, 1934, Charles & Margaret Ringhausen, claimants, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented that judgment 
be entered for condemnation of the product, a decree was entered ordering the 
apples released to the claimant under bond, conditioned that they should not 
be sold or otherwise disposed of until re-washed to remove the deleterious 
ingredients.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.