26611. Adulteration of pears.    U. S. v. 516 Bushels and 516 Bushels of Pears.
Decrees of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond to be 
cleansed.    (F. & D. nos. 38293, 38303.    Sample nos. 4754-C, 19001-C.)
This case involved pears that were contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On or about September 3 and September 4, 1936, the United States attorneys 
for the District of Colorado and the Western District of Missouri, acting upon 
reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 516 bushels of pears at Denver, 
Colo., and 516 bushels of pears at Kansas City, Mo., consigned by the E. O. Muir 
Co., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about August 28 and August 29, 1935, from Caryhurst and Provo, Utah, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Grown and Packed by D. M. Crandall & Sons, Provo, Utah, 
Bartlett."
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 September 4 and September 8, 1936, the W. A. White Brokerage Co. and 
Brown & Loe having appeared as claimants for respective portions of the 
article and having admitted the allegations of the libels, judgments of con- 
demnation were entered and it was ordered that the product be released under 
bond to be cleansed under the supervision of this Department.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.