26468. Adulteration of apples.     TT. S. v. 516 Bushels of Apples.     Decree of con¬
demnation.     Product ordered released under bond.     (F.  & D. no. 38428. 
Sample no. 4644-C.
This case involved an interstate shipment of apples that were contaminated 
with lead and arsenic.
On October 3, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 516 bushels of 
Jonathan apples at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 18, 1936, by the F. H. Simpson 
Co., from Fall Creek, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. 
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The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained poisonous and 
deleterious ingredients, lead and arsenic, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On October 15, 1936, the Mallin Produce Co., Kansas City, Mo., having ap- 
peared as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered 
that the product be released under bond, conditioned that the fruit be washed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.