3646. Adulteration of beans.    U. S. V. 33 Bags of Beans, More or Leas.     Default decree of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 5756.     L S. Nos. 22418-h,
22419-h.     S. No.  B-;57.)
On June 13, 1914, 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 33 bags of beans, more or less, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the product had been shipped and?
transported from the State of Michigan into the State of Maryland and charg??
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was?
labeled: " From Reliance Milling Company, Vassar, Michigan, to W. E. Norris?
& Coihpany, Baltimore, Maryland."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed vegetable substance, to wit, decom??
posed beans.
On August 29, 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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