29809. Adulteration of pears.    U. S. v. 10 Bushels of Pears.    Consent decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 43517.    Sample No. 32702-D.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On August 6, 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 10 bushels of pears at Chicago, 
111.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
August 2, 1938, by Ferdinand Bahm 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 deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, which might have rendered it harmful 
to health.
On August 18, 1938, the claimant having consented, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.