28016. Adulteration of pears.    U. S. v. 18 Bushels of Pears.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 40277.    Sample No. 59004-C.)
This product was contaminated with arsenic and lead.
On August 27, 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 18 bushels of pears 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that they had"been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about August 18, 1937, by Bangor Fruit Growers Exchange from Bangor, 
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 harm- 
ful to health.
On October 18, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.