23135. Adulteration of pears.    V. S. v. 516 Bushel Baskets, et al., of Pears.
Decrees of condemnation. Product released under bond condi- 
tioned tbat deleterious ingredients be removed. (F. & D. nos. 
33374, 34097.    Sample nos. 2003-B, 2006-B, 3663-B, 3664-B,  3665-B.)
These cases involved shipments of pears that had arsenic and lead on them.
On August 13 and 21, 1934, the United. States attorneys for the District 
of Minnesota and the Eastern District of Wisconsin, acting upon reports by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the respective district courts libels pray- 
ing seizure and condemnation of 516 baskets of pears at Minneapolis, Minn., 
and 197 bushels of pears at Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce by the Grand Junction Fruit Growers Associ- 
ation, from Grand Junction, Colo., the former on or about August 4, 1934, and 
the latter on or about August 11, 1934, and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
injurious to health.
On August 15 and 22, 1934, the R. B. Crutchfield Brokerage Co., of Minne- 
apolis,  Minn.,  and the  Grand  Junction  Fruit  Growers  Association,  Grand 
Junction, Colo., having appeared as claimants in the respective cases, judg- 
e ments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the pears be 
I released under bond, conditions that they be cleaned so as to remove the 
• poisonous ingredients. -
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.