13061. Adulteration   of   cut   string-less   beans.     U.   S.   v.   520   Cases   of   Cut
Stringless Beans. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond to be reconditioned. (F. & D. Nos. 19361, 
19362, 19363, 19364, 19365, 19366. I. S. Nos. 22792-v, 22793-v, 22794-v, 
22795-v.    S. No. C-4559.)
On December 5, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 520 cases of cut stringless beans, remaining unsold 
in the original packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Litteral Canning Co., Fayetteville, Ark., on or about October 
16, 1924, and transported from the State of Arkansas into the State of 
Missouri, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act. A portion of the article was labeled in part: (Can) "Licano 
Cut Stringless Beans Packed By Litteral Canning Co. Fayetteville, Ark." 
The remainder of the said article was labeled in part: " Stringless Beans."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance.
On January 29, 1925, the Litteral Canning Co., Fayetteville, Ark., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations 
of the libel, judgment of the court was entered, finding the product liable to 
condemnation and forfeiture, and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $2,000, in conformity with section 
10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be reconditioned under the supervision 
of this department.
?   B. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.