19280. Adulteration of lima bKans. IT. S. v. 77 Cases of Lima BKans. Con- 
sent decree of forfeiture and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26956. I. S. 
No. 40201.    S. No. 5168.)
Samples of canned lima beans involved in this action were found to contain 
sand burrs, weed seeds, and other foreign substances. The article had been 
shipped from Wisconsin to Missouri and had been returned to the original 
shipper, the Poynette Canning Co., Poynette, Was.
On September 11, 1931, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Wisconsin acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel pray- 
ing seizure and condemnation of 77 cases of lima beans, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Poynette, Wis., alleging that the article had 
been shipped on or about April 9, 1930, by the Stocker-Hausman Co., from 
St. Louis, Mo., and had been transported in interstate commerce from the 
State of Missouri into the State of Wisconsin, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the-food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Green 
Dell Brand Medium Green Lima Beans * * * Poynette Canning Co., 
Poynette, Wis." 
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It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that sand 
burrs, weed seeds, foreign stems, and other -foreign substances had been 
mixed and packed therewith so -as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its 
quality and strength, and had been substituted partly-for the said article.
On September 26, 1931, by Consent of the owner, judgment of forfeiture was 
entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the 
United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Affriculture.