24165. Adulteration of apples.    V. S. v.  1.231   Bushels of Apples.    Product 
released    under   bond   for    removal    of    deleterious    substance".
(F. & D. no 34808.    Sample nos. 4346-B, 4347-B, 23351-B, 23352-B, 23353-B, 
23356-B, 23357-B, 23358-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 7, 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 asrainst 1.231 bushels of apples at St. Louis, Mo., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce between the dates of 
September 21 and November 2, 1934, by Kinman Bros., from Hamburar, Ill., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. A portion of 
the article was labeled: " Kinman Bros. Quality Brand Fruit Farm Hamburg, 
111."
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 November 15. 1934, Sara Kinman, Hamburg, Ill., having filed a claim 
for the product and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment was 
entered ordering that the apples! be released to the said claimant under bond, 
conditioned that they be rewashed to remove the deleterious substances.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.