30271. Adulteration of dried pears.    U. S. v. 100 Cases of Dried Pears.    Default
decree  of  condemnation and destruction.     (F.  & D.  No.  44654.     Sample 
No. 37128-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages, at the time of examination was found to 
be insect-infested.
On or about January 13, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 100 cases of 
dried pears at Houston, Tex.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about December 8, 1938, by Guggenhime & Co. from San Francisco, Calif.; 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The arti- 
cle was labeled in part: "Fuchsia Brand California Extra Choice Halved 
Pears."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of 
a filthy vegetable substance.
On February 13, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.