26618. Adulteration of apples.     TJ. S. v. 59 Bushels of Apples.     Default decree
of condemnation. Product delivered to charitable institution on condi- 
tion that deleterious substances be removed. (F. & D. no. 38382. Sample 
no. 21408-C.)
This case Involved apples that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 17, 1936, 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 praying seizure and condemnation of 59 bushels of apples 
at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 16, 1936, by J. B. Russell, from Golden Eagle,