S4D6. Adulteration of fava beans. ? V. S. * * * v. 147 Saeli* of;,Fancy?
California Fava Beans. Consent decree of condemnation and for??
feiture.     Product   released   on   bond.      (F.   &  D.   No.   11507.     I.   iS.  No.
45-r.    S. No. W-529.)?;?.?
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 On November 1, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Utah,?
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 of 147 sacks of?
fancy California fava beans, remaining in the original unbroken packages at?
Ogdeu, Utah, alleging that the article had been shipped bjr Adolph Koshland,?
San Mateo, Calif., in interstate commerce, on or about October 29, 1919, con??
signed to New York, N. Y*,, and seized en route to its destination at Ogden, Utah,?
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that it consisted in part of a filthy and decomposed or putrid vegetable sub??
stance, the excreta and other refuse of insects.
On April 30, .1920, Adolf Koshland, San Francisco, Calif., claimant, having?
entered an appearance, a decree was entered adjudging the facts contained in the?
libel to be true and ordering the release of the product upon payment of the?
costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond, in the sum of $500, in con??
formity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the article be sorted?
and repicked under the supervision of a representative of this department, and?
that only such portion as might be approved by this department be disposed of.
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,  .?E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.