4966. Adulteration of canned oeans. TJ. S. " * * v. 252 Cases of Red Kid??
ney Beans. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.     (F. & D. No. 7375.    I. S. No. 11807-1.    S. No. C-509.)
On April 29, 1916, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Missouri, 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 252 cases, each containing- 24 cans, of red kidney beans, remain??
ing unsold in the original unbroken packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging?
that the article had been shipped on or about February 25, 1916, by the Norfolk?
Packing Co., Norfolk, Nebr., and transported from the State of Nebraska into?
the State of Missouri, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act. The article was labeled, in part: " Harvest Treasure Brand Red?
Kidney Beans Packed by Norfolk Packing Co., Norfolk, Neb."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted, in whole or in part, of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable?
substance.
On June 8, 1916, 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.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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