11775. Adulteration of  apples.    U.  S.  v.   100  Bushels    *    *    *.    (F.  D.   C.  No.
21294.    Sample No. 40774-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   October 10, 1946, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about October 1, 1946, by Clarence Ringhausen, from 
Jerseyville, Ill.
PRODUCT:    100 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:   November 1, 1946.   No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the apples were ordered delivered to a charitable 
institution, conditioned that they be peeled and that the peelings and cores be 
destroyed under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. 
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