5421. Adraltex-atloii of pork and 'bKans. U. S. * * * v. 650 Cases •* ¦* * 
of Pork and Beams. Default 'decree of condemnation., forfeiture; 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 7975.    I. S. No.  10588-m.    S. No.  C-629.)
On January 17, 1917, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Iowa, 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 con- 
demnation of 650 cases of pork and beans, remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about November 15, 1916, by the Union Packing Co., Omaha, 
Nebr., and transported from the State of Nebraska into the State of Iowa, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs' Act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Wise Choice Brand Pork and Beans   *   *   *."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance and product.
On April 5, 1917, 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.
GAEL YROOAIAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.