25457. Adulteration of pears.     TJ. S. v. 41 Baskets of Pears.     Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 36512.    Sample no. 41580-B.)
This case involved pears which were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On September 20, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 41 baskets of pears 
at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 2, 1935, by B. A. Peters, from Benton Harbor, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Andrew Menchinger, Br-1, Benton Harbor, 
Mich., Bartlett."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poisonous 
and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered It 
Injurious to health.
On October 25, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the pi oduct be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.