8238.?Adnlteration  of kidney beans.     V. S.    *    *    *    v. 569 Cases  of Kidney
Beans.     Defanlt  decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 11906.     I.  S. No. 8557-r.     S. No. C-1704.)
On February 2, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Illinois, 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 569 cases, more or less, of kidney beans, at Chicago, 111., alleg??
ing that the article had been shipped by the New Era Canning Co., New Era,?
Mich., on August 23, 1919, and transported from the State of Michigan into the-?
State of Illinois, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act. The article was labeled in part, " New Era Brand Red Kidney Beans?
*    *    *    Packed by New Em Canning Co. New Era, Mich."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted in part of a filthy vegetable substance, for the further reason that it?
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance,- and for the further rea??
son that it consisted in part of a putrid vegetable substance.
On March 2, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.