23399. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v. 11 Bushels of Apples.    Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 34318. Sample 
no. 23517-B.)
Examination of the apples involved in this case showed the presence of 
arsenic and lead in amounts that might have rendered them injurious to 
health.
On October 12, 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 11 bushels of apples 
at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about October 11, 1934, by persons unknown, from Hardin,