5643. Adulteration of beans. TJ. S. * * * v. 25 Cases * * * of 
* * * 1/nn.ciieon Beams. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 7364. I. S. No. 11474-1. S. No. 
C-502.)
On May 1, 1916, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 
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 25 cases, each containing four dozen cans of luncheon beans, remaining un- 
sold in the original unbroken packages at Davenport, Iowa, alleging that the arti- 
cle had been "shipped on or about February 21, 1916, by the Rossville Canning 
Co., Rossville, Ill., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State 
of Iowa, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part:    " Frisco Brand Luncheon Beans."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable sub- 
stance.
On April 26, 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.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,