11192.?Adulteration   of  kidney  beans.     U.   S.  v.  746  Bags   and   1,078  Bagi
Containing1 Beans. Consent decree* of condemnation and for??
feiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 15812. S. No.?
&-3824.)
On March 28, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and?
condemnation of 1,824 bags containing beans, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped?
from Bombasa, British East Africa, in part on or about February 25 and in?
part on or about April 20, 1920, and transported from a foreign country into the?
State of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part: " Kidney Beans."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable sub??
stance.
On August 24 and September 21, 1922, respectively, the Standard Bank of?
South Africa, Ltd., and the Park Union Foreign Banking Corporation, both?
incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, having entered appear??
ances as claimants for respective portions of the property, and having admitted?
the allegations of the libels and consented to the entry of decrees, judgments?
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be released to the said claimants upon payment of the costs?
of the proceedings and the execution of bonds in the aggregate sum of $750, in?
conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that such product?
be used for hog feed only.
O. W. PUGSTJEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.