25994. Adulteration of chili pods.     IT. S. v. 24 Boxes of Chili Pods.     Default de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 37215.    Sample no. 
59133-B.)
This case involved a shipment of chili pods that contained excessive arsenic.
On February 18, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 25 boxes of chili pods at Coffeyville, 
Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about October 19, 1935, by W. H. Booth & Co., from Santa Ana, Calif., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Booth's Keno Brand Mexican Chili Pods W. H. Booth 
Co. Inc., Santa Ana, Calif."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained an added poison- 
ous or deleterious ingredient, arsenic, which might have rendered it injurious to / 
health. 
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On June 23, 1936, 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.