5455. Adulteration of bailee a. Useai**. U. S. * * * TT. 11© Cases * * » 
of Salced BKans. UefaTHtIi jfeeree of cofideianation mid forfeiture, 
Product ordered sold. <F. & D. No. 8Ill. I. S. No. 11062-m. S. No. 
C-655.)
On February 24, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Minne- 
sota, 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 con- 
demnation of 110 cases of baked beans, remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages at St. Paul, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about February 2, 1917, by the Union Packing Co., Omaha, Nebr., and 
transported from the State of Nebraska into the State of Minnesota, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Dependable Brand Baked Beans with Tomato Sauce * * * 
Packed by Union Packing Co., Omaha, Neb.    *    *    *."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On April 2, 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 sold by the United States marshal, and that the purchaser 
should furnish a good and sufficient bond, conditioned in part that said beans 
should not be used for human consumption.
CLASENCE OUSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.