5064.   Adulteration   of  teans.     IT.   S.    *    *    *    v.  265  Bags    *    *    *    of  Beaiut.?
?Consent *lecaree of condemaafi?n -aiwl Jrorfeitsn-e,    Product released
on bond.    (F. & D. No. 7224.    I. S. No. 11544-1.    S. No. C-449.)
On February 15, 1918, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Illinois, 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 265 bags of beans, each bag weighing 165 pounds, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Chicago, HI, alleging that the?
article had been shipped on April 26, 1915, by H. W. Carr Co., Saginaw, Mich.,?
and transported from the State of Michigan into the State of Illinois, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance; further, in that it con??
sisted in part of a filthy vegetable substance; further, in that it consisted in?
part of a decomposed animal substance; and, further, in that it consisted in?
,part of a filthy animal substance.
On August 24, 1916. the said H. W. Carr Co., claimant, having admitted?
the allegations contained in the libel and consented to a decree, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that upon the payment by-the claimant of the costs of the proceedings and the?
execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the?
act, conditioned in part that the product should be repicked under the super??
vision of a representative of the Department of Agriculture, the portion found?
to be fit for human food should be delivered to said claimant, and that the re??
mainder should be ground up for animal food under the supervision of the?
United States marshal,
CLABEWCE OUSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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