31708. Adulteration of   powdered  pectin.     U.   S.   v.   8%   Pounds   of   Powdered 
Citrus  Pectin.     Default decree  of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. no. 30894.    Sample no. 39994-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of powdered pectin that was found 
to contain lead in an amount that might have rendered the article injurious to 
health.
On August 11, 1933, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 8% pounds of pow- 
dered citrus pectin at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about December 31, 1932, by the California Fruit 
Growers Exchange, from Chicago, Ill., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it contained 
an added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, lead, which might have rendered 
it harmful to health.
On October 13, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.