28009. Adulteration of pears.    V. S. v. 36 Bushels of Pears.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. "No. 40625.    Sample No. 49783-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On October o, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 36 bushels of pears 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been transported in interstate 
commerce on or about September 30, 1937, from Benton Harbor, Mich., by 
S. Gomberg & Co., of Chicago, Ill., consigned to themselves, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled: 
"Lincoln Farmers Fruit & Supply Co., Stevensville, Mich."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained poisonous or 
deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On November 4, 1937, no claimant having appeared, the product was con- 
demned and ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.