26630. Adulteration of pears.     V.  S. v. 186 Baskets of Pears.    Decree of con¬
demnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 38456.    Sample no. 5141-C.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of pears that were contaminated 
with lead and-arsenic.
On October 13, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of South 
Dakota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 186 baskets of pears 
at Aberdeen, S. Dak., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 20, 1936, by J. E. Kenney from Benton Harbor, 
Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- 
ous and deleterious ingredients.
On November 19, 1936, upon stipulation, decree of condemnation was entered 
and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.