25180. Adulteration of apples.     IT. S. v. 36 Bushels of Apples.     Default decree
of condemnation.     Product delivered to a charitable institution.     (F.
& D. no. 36410.    Sample no. 38576-B.)
Examination of the apples covered by this case showed the presence of lead 
in an amount that might have rendered them injurious to health.
On August 24, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 36 bushels of apples at Denver, 
Colo., consigned by Cicardi Bros. Fruit & Produce Co., from Elsberry, Mo., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
August 5, 1935, from the State of Missouri into the State of Colorado, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: "H. W. Ringhausen, Elsberry, Mo."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added 
poisonous or deleterious ingredient, namely, lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On September 6, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be delivered to a charitable 
institution on condition that the deleterious substance be removed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.