11944. Adulteration of apples.   V. S. v. 60 Bushels    *    *    *.     (F. D. C. No. 21931.
Sample No. 40782-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   October 11,1946, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about October 8,1946, by R. Mederacke, from Golden 
Eagle, Ill.
PRODUCT:   60 bushels of apples at St. Louis, Mo.
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 1, 1946. Default decree of condemnation. The prod- 
uct was ordered delivered to a charitable institution, conditioned that the 
apples be peeled and cored and that the peelings and cores be destroyed, under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.