13197. Adulteration of canned string- beans.     U. S. v. 1,199 Cases of String:
Beans.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 19200.    I. S. No. 18762-v.     S. NO. C-4536.)
On or about December 1, 1924, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Arkansas, 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 1,199 cases of string beans, at Fayetteville, Ark., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Rosen-Reichardt Brokerage 
Co., St. Louis, Mo., November 4, 1924, and transported from the State of Mis- 
souri into the State of Arkansas, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On January 30, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.