28008. Adulteration of pears.    V. S. v. 17 Bushels of Pears.    Consent decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. & T>. No. 40602.    Sample No. 59487-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October 5, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 bushels of pears 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about September 30, 1937, from Stevensville, Mich., by J. Spagnolo, 
of Chicago, Ill., consigned to himself, 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 deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it 
harmful to health.
On October 9, 1937, the claimant having admitted the allegations of the libel 
and consented to the entry of a decree, the product was condemned and ordered
destroyed. 
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.