10131.?Adulteration and misbranding of canned red kidney beans. XJ. S. * * * v. 999 Cases * * * of Red Kidney Beans * * *.? Judgment by consent ordering release of product under bond. (F. & D. No. 12279. I. S. No. 9019-r. S. No. C-1821.) On March 8, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of? Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis?? trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con?? demnation of 999 cases of alleged red kidney beans, consigned by the Central? States Canning Co., Indianapolis, Ind., remaining unsold in the original un?? broken packages at East St. Louis, 111., alleging that the article had been? shipped from Indianapolis, Ind., on or about February 2, 1920, and trans?? ported from the State of Indiana into the State of Illinois, and charging? adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The? article was labeled in part: "Central States Brand Red Kidney Beans * * *? Packed by the Central States Canning Co., Indianapolis, Ind." Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that? long cranberry beans had been mixed and packed with, and substituted wholly? or in part for, red kidney beans. Misbranding was alleged*in substance for the reason that the statement on? the cases and cans containing the article, to wit, " Red Kidney Beans," was? false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was? alleged for the further reason that the said article was an imitation of, and? was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article. On August 30, 1921, the Central States Canning Co., Indianapolis, Ind.,? having admitted the allegations of the libel, having consented to a decree, and? having agreed to eliminate the words " Red Kidney " and to substitute therefor? the label " Naga Uzura Beans," judgment was entered finding the product to? be unlawfully and improperly labeled, and it was ordered by the court that the? said product be released to the claimant upon payment of the costs of the? proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $3,000, in conformity? with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the words " Red Kidney "? be not used in the labeling thereof. C. W. PUGSJ^EY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.