11774. Adulteration of  apples.     U.   S.  v.   136  Bushels    •     *    *.     (F.  D.   C.   No.
21292.    Sample No. 40749-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 30,1946, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about September 5, 1946r by Schaper-Jones Orchards, 
from Jersey County, Ill.
PRODUCT:   136 bushels of apples at St. Louis, Mo.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (1), the article contained 
an added poisonous or deleterious substance, lead, which may have rendered 
it injurious to health.
DISPOSITION: October 25, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the apples were ordered delivered to charitable 
institutions, conditioned that they be peeled and that the peelings and cores be 
destroyed under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.