13470. Adulteration of canned cat beans. U. S. v. 503 Cases of Wapco Cat 
Beans. Consent decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 19479.    I. S. No. 6261-v.    S. No. C-4607.)
On or about January 9, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Texas, 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 503 cases of Wapco cut beans, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Denison, Tex., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Appleby Bros., from Westfork, Ark., July 29, 1924, and transported 
from the State of Arkansas into the State of Texas, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Wapco Cut Beans."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable 
substance.
On  May 8,  1925,  the Waples-Platter  Grocery  Co.,   Denison,   Tex.,  having 
i appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was
ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United  States
-marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.