26465. Adulteration of apples.     TJ.  S.  v.  54 and 42 Bushel Baskets of Apples.
Default decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product delivered to 
a charitable institution. (F. & D. no. 38401. Sample nos. 21432-C, 
21433-C.)
This case involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 30, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 96 bushels of apples at 
St Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about September 4 and September 8, 1936, by Langer Bros., from Kamps- 
ville, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
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 28, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered that the product be delivered
to a charitable organization, and that said organization peel and core the apples 
and destroy the peelings so that they would be fit for consumption.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.