26717. Adulteration of apples and pears.     U.  S. v. 30 Crates of Apples and 47
Bushels of Pears.    Consent decrees of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. nos. 38546, 38548.    Sample nos. 26224-C, 26225-C.)
These cases involved apples and pears that were contaminated with arsenic 
and lead.
On October 27, 1936, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 30 crates of apples 
and 47 bushels of pears at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the articles had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 21, 1936, by John Maul 
from Benton Harbor, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that they contained added 
poisonous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts which 
might have rendered them injurious to health.
On November 17, 1936, John Maul, Chicago, Ill., the sole intervenor, having 
consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered 
and it was ordered that the products be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.