23196. Adulteration of pears.    U. S. v. 292 Bushels of Pears.    Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 33480.    Sample 
no. 2331-B.)
This case involved a shipment of pears which were found to contain arsenic 
and lead.
On August 23, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 292 bushels of pears at 
Denver, Colo., consigned by Sterling H. Nelson Co., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 16, 1934, from 
Caryhurst, Utah, 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 con- 
tained added poisonous or deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might 
have rendered it injurious to health.
On October 18, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.