29624. Adulteration of pears.    IT. S. v. 12 Bushels of Pears.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43520.    Sample No. 32709-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On August 10, 1938, 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 12 bushels of pears 
at Chicago, Ill. alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 2, 1938, by William H. Schuhknecht from Benton 
Harbor, Mich.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and. 
Drugs Act,
Adulteration was alleged in that the article contained added poisonous or 
deleterious ingredients, namely, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered 
it harmful to health.
On September 23, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.