5611.  Adulteration   of   red   kidney   beans.      U.  -S.      *      *      *      v.   299- Cases 
*     *      *     of Red Kidney Beans.     Default  decree of condemnation,
forfeiture,   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.   No.   6868.     I.   S.   Nos.   10703-1, 
?10704-1, 10709-1, 10710-1.    S. No. C-308.)
On September 22, 1915, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Kentucky, 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 299 cases of red kidney beans, remaining unsold in the orig- 
inal unbroken packages at Louisville, Ky,, alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about July 2 and 3, 1915, by the Ladoga Canning Co., Ladoga, 
Ind., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Kentucky, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The retail 
cans were labeled in part, " Dutch Girl Brand Bed Kidney Be?gis. ?* * * 
Clay City Packing Co., Distributors, Clay City, Ind."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
contained, and in part consisted of, a decomposed vegetable substance.
On November 1, 1915, 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.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.