50511. Adulteration and Misbranding of canned red kidney bKans. U. S. 
* * * v. 25 Cases and 25 Cases of [So-Called] Red Kidney 
BKans. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
ordered released On bond. (F. & D. Nos. 12200, 12201. I. S. Nos. 
8118-r,  8121-r.    S. Nos. C-1775, C-1781.)
On February 21, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and condem- 
nation of 25 cases and 25 cases of so-called red kidney beans, remaining unsold in 
the original unbroken packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article 
had been shipped on or about January 15 and 19, 1920, respectively, by the Mar- 
shall Canning Co., Marshalltown, Iowa, and transported from the State of Iowa 
into the State of Missouri, and charging adulteration and misbranding in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Uncle Wil- 
liam Brand Red Kidney Beans * * * Packed by Marshall Canning Co., Mar- 
shalltown, Iowa."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that long 
cranberry beans had been mixed and packed with, and substituted wholly or in 
part for, red kidney bKans.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the label on the article, " Red 
Kidney Beans," was false and misleading and deceived and misled the pur- 
chaser when applied to a product consisting of long cranberry beans; and for 
the further reason that the article was an imitation of, and sold under the dis- 
tinctive name of, another article, to wit, red kidney bKans.
On July 8, 1921, the matter having come on to be heard on the pleadings and 
stipulation of the Marshall Canning Co., Marshalltown, Iowa, claimant, the 
court found the product to be adulterated and misbranded and ordered its con- 
demnation as such. It was further ordered by the court that the product might 
be released to said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and 
the execution of bond amounting in the aggregate to $200, in conformity with 
section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the product be correctly relabeled.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.