23136. Adulteration of pears.    U. S. v. 335 Baskets of Pears.     Consent de¬
cree  of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.  no.  33481.    Sample 
no. 10026-B.)
This case involved a shipment of pears that were found to have arsenic 
and lead on them.
On or about August 18, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 335 baskets 
of apples at Dallas, Tex., alleging that the article had been .shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about August 8, 1934, by the Triway Brokerage Co., 
from Caryhurst, Utah, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Grown and packed by No. 15 
J. B. Ferguson, Provo, Utah."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that examination showed the 
presence of poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead.
On September 5, 1934, the interested parties having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was 
ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.