4712. Adulteration of canned pork and beans. XT. S. * * * v. 30 Cases?
* * * of Pork and Beans. Befault decree of condemnation, for??
feiture, and  destruction.      (F.  & D.  No.  7161.     I.   S.   No.  2C31-1.     S.  No.
E-527.)
On January 14, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of New?
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 30 cases, each containing two dozen cans, of pork and beans,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Jersey City, N. J., alleg??
ing that the article had been shipped, on or about December 15, 1915, by the?
Wisconsin Pea Canners' Co., Manitowoc, Wis., and transported. from the State?
of Wisconsin into the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration in viola??
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The cases were labeled: " 2 dozen No. 2-4?
cans. Eureka Brand High Grade Pure Food Products. Pork and Beans with?
Tomato Sauce. Packed by Wisconsin Pea Canners' Co., Manitowoc, Wis.?
Eureka Brand" (design) "Pork and Beans with Tomato Sauce. Quality?
Guaranteed by Wisconsin Pea Canners' Co. Contents 1 lb. 12 oz. WPG Co."?
The cans were labeled: " Eureka Brand High Grade Pure Food Products?
Pork and Beans with Tomato Sauce Packed by Wisconsin Pea Canners' 'Co.,?
Manitowoc, Wis. Eureka Brand" (design) "Pork and Beans with Tomato?
Sauce. Quality Guaranteed by Wisconsin Pea Canners' Co. Contents 1?
lb. 12 oz."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted, in whole or in part, of a decomposed vegetable and animal substance.
On February 17, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
(The report of this department, upon which the proceedings in this case were?
based, did not include a finding that the product consisted of a decomposed?
animal substance.)
CAEL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture*
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