27411. Adulteration of pears.     U. S. v. 368 Bushels of Pears.     Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 38434.    Sample no. 19486-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 6, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Minne- 
sota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 368 bushels of pears at 
Minneapolis, Minn., alleging that they had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about September 27, 1936, by A. R. Knight 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 poisonous 
or other deleterious ingredients, namely, lead and arsenic.
On October 24, 1936, the product having become decomposed and the con- 
signee having consented to its destruction, judgment was entered ordering 
that it be destroyed.
M. Li. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.