24163. Adulteration of  apples.    XT.   S.  v.   144 Bushels   of  Apples.    Product
released    under   bond    for    removal    of    deleterious    substances.
(F. & D. no. 34806.    Sample no. 18272-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 November 27, 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 against 144 bushels of apples at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 4, 1934, 
by William Einghausen, from Fieldon, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Grown and 
Packed   William Einghausen   Fieldon Ill."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
or deleterious ingredients, lead and arsenic, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On December 4, 1934, Louis Keller, St. Louis, Mo., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented that judgment be entered con- 
demning and forfeiting the product, a decree was entered ordering that the 
apples be released under bond conditioned that they be rewashed to remove the 
deleterious substances.
M. L. WILSON1, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.