811. Adulteration of apples.    IT. S. v. 12,000 Pounds of Apples.   Decree of con¬
demnation.     Product  ordered  released  under  bond  to  be  Trashed  and 
cleaned.    (F. D. C. No. 1104.    Sample No. 79872-D.)
On or about November 8, 1939, the United States attorney for the District 
of Kansas filed a libel against • 12,000 pounds of apples at Wichita, Kans.. 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
October 30, 1939, by John E. Beebe from Berrien Springs, Mich., to his place 
of business at Wichita, Kans.; and charging that it was adulterated in that 
it contained a poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have 
rendered it injurious to health.
On December 4, 1939, John E. Beebe, Wichita, Kans., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and it was ordered that the apples be released under bond on condition that 
they be washed. They were washed in accordance with the terms of the 
bond, and upon examination were found to be satisfactory.