3580. Adulteration of assorted, soups, and pork and beans. U. S. v. 3,000 Cases, More ?r?
L.ess, of Assorted Soups, and Pork and Beans. Consent decree of condemnation,?
forfeiture, and destruction.   (P. & D. No. 5624.   S. No. W-l.)
On or about March 13, 1914, the United States attorney lor the Northern District?
of California, acting tipon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel, and on March 17, 1914, an?
amended libel, for the seizure and condemnation of 3,000 cases, more or less, of assorted?
soups and pork and beans, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at?
San Francisco, Cal., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about February?
20, 1914, and transported from the State of New Jersey into the State of California,?
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that said soups?
and said pork and beans consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and?
putrid animal or vegetable substance.
On May 26, 1914, Johnson and Higgins, San Francisco, Gal., claimants, having?
consented thereto, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was?
ordered by the court that the product should be destroyed by the United States?
marshal.
D, F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture,
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 19, 1915.
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