4440. Adulteration, of canned porls; and beans. TJ. S. * * * v. 5,S08 Cans?
Porlc and Beans, contained in 237 Cases. Default decree of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction*. (F. & D. No. 6429. I. S. No.?
14710-k.    S. No. C-192.)
On April 5, 1915, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Iowa,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel, and on April 19, 1915, an amended?
libel, for the seizure and condemnation of 5,808 cans, each containing 2 pounds,?
of pork and beans, contained in 237 cases, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, alleging that the article had been?
shipped, on or about February 13, 1915, and transported from the State of?
Illinois into the State of Iowa, and charging adulteration in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled: " Cock Robin Brand Pork and?
Beans, contents two pounds, packed by Gibson Canning Company, Gibson City,?
Illinois."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted, in whole or in part, of a decomposed yegetable substance and product.
On October 6, 1915, 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.
CAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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