3645. Adulteration of beans. U. S. v. 50 Bags of Beans, More or Less. Default decree of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 5754. I. S. No. 22422-h.?
S. No. E-55.)
On June 11, 3914, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation?
of 50 bags of beans, more or less, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the product had been shipped from?
the State of Michigan into the State of Maryland and charging adulteration in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled on shipping?
tags: " From Saginaw Milling Company, Saginaw, Michigan, to J. Ludington &?
Company, Baltimore, Md."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel because it consisted?
of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed vegetable substance, to wit, decomposed?
beans.
On August 21, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, 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 12, 1915.
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