24863. Adulteration of dried pears.    U. S. v. 140 Cases of Dried Pears.    Con¬
sent decree of condemnation.    Product released under bond.    (F. & D.
no. 35312.    Sample nos. 13023-B, 21941-B.) 
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This case involved a shipment of dried pears which were in part dirty and 
worm-infested.
On March 30, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 140 cases of dried 
pears at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about February 15, 1935, by the California Packing 
Corporation, from San Francisco, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On June 20, 1935, the California Packing Corporation, claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered that the 
product be released under bond conditioned that the decomposed portion be 
segregated and destroyed or denatured.
"W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.