7124. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 38 Bushels of Apples.    Default decree of
condemnation.    Product ordered delivered to a charitable institution.
(F. D. C. No. 14588.    Sample Nos. 80307-F, 90241-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    August 28, 1944, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about August 24, 1944, by Lee Webster, from 
Hamburg, Ill.
PRODUCT:    38 bushels of apples at St. Louis, Mo.
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (1), the article contained an 
added poisonous or deleterious substance, lead, which may have rendered it 
injurious to health.
DISPOSITION: September 22, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a char- 
itable institution, conditioned that the apples be peeled and cored and the 
peels and cores destroyed under the supervision of the Food and Drug Admin- 
istration.