19822. Adulteration of pears.    U.   S. v.  C.  M.  Holtzinger  Fruit  Co.   (Inc.).
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $100.     (F. & D. No. 26640.    I. S. No. 13160.)
Arsenic and lead were found on pears taken from the interstate shipment 
on which this action was based.
On November 10, 1931, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information 
against C. M. Holtzinger Fruit Co. (Inc.), a corporation, Yakima, Wash., 
alleging shipment by said company in violation of the food and drugs act on or 
about February 18, 1931, from the State of Washington into the State of Cali- 
fornia, of a quantity of pears that were adulterated.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that 
it contained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, lead and arsenic, in 
amounts that might have rendered it injurious to health.
On May 4,1932, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant com- 
pany, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
HENRY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.