25434. Adulteration of pears.     V.  S. v.  30 Bushels and 39  Bushels  of Pears.
Default   decrees   of  condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.  &  D.  nos. 
36405, 36407.    Sample nos. 83867-B, 84315-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of pears that were contaminated 
with arsenic and lead.
On August 17 and September 3, 1935, the United States attorney for the 
Northern District of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 69 
bushels of pears at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about August 13 and August 25, 1935, by the South 
Haven Fruit Exchange, from South Haven, Mich., and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: 
"Packed by South Haven Fruit Exchange South Haven, Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poi- 
sonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts that might 
have rendered it Injurious to health.
On November 1 and 4, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.