S1S5. Adulteration of pink brn'n.s. TJ. S. * * * v. 40,500 Pounds, More or?
J^ess, of Pink Beans. Consent decree of condemnation mid forfei??
ture'.' Product released on bond. (F. & D. No. 11533. I. S. No.?
11655-r.     S.   No.   C-1G0S.1
On December 12, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure?
and condemnation of a certain quantity of pink beans, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Brownsville, Tex., alleging that the article had?
been shipped on or about September 5, 1919, by the California Packing Corp.,?
San Francisco, Calif., and transported from the State of California into the?
State of Texas, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act.
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Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libelnn tliat the article con??
sisted in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substances, namely,?
decomposed beans.
On February 17, .1920, Ullmau, Stern & Krausse, claimants, having consented?
to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,?
and it was ordered by the court that the product.be released to the claimants?
upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the filing of a bond, in?
conformity with section 10 of the act.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.