10624. Adulteration of apples.    U. S. v. 375 Bushels and 150 Bushels    *    *    *.
(F. D. C. Nos. 18437, 18439.    Sample Nos. 21929-H, 21933-H.)
LIBELS FILED :    October 31 and November 2,1945, Western District of Tennessee.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about October 12 and 20, 1945, by the Illinois Fruit 
Growers Exchange, from Pocahontas and Carbondale, Ill.
PRODUCT: 520 bushels of apples at Memphis, Tenn. These apples bore spray 
residue containing excessive lead.
LABEL IN PART : "Golden Delicious * * * Grown and Packed By Doll 
Orchards, Pocahontas, Ill.," or "Rome Beauty * * * Packed for O. V. 
Cummins & Sons, Dix, Ill."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (1), the product contained 
an added poisonous or deleterious substance, lead, which may have rendered 
it injurious to health.
DISPOSITION : November 5, 1945. The Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange having 
consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered 
and the product was ordered released tinder bond to be brought into compliance 
with the law, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. 
The attempt to remove the lead from 150 bushels of the apples by cleaning 
having been unsuccessful, the decree was amended to provide for elimination 
of the contaminant by peeling of the apples.