13075. Adulteration of canned string: beans.     TJ. S. v. 1,000 Cases of String
Beans. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product reieased 
under bond to be reconditioned. (F. & D. No. 19151. I. S. Nos. 
22790-v, 22791-v.     S.  No.  C-4529.)
On November 11, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern Districi 
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 1,000 cases of string beans, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by Appleby Bros., Hiwasse, Ark., on or about July 28, 1924, and transported 
from the State of Arkansas into the State of Missouri, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Can) "Western Star Put Up By Appleby Bros. Fayetteville, Ark. * * * 
Cut String Beans."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable sub- 
stance.
On January 29, 1925, Appleby Bros., Fayetteville, Ark., having entered at. 
appearance 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 $3,200, in conformity with section 
10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be reconditioned under the super- 
vision of this department.
R. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.