26212. Adulteration of canned stringless bKans.    TJ. S. v. 300 Cartons of Canned
Stringless BKans.    Default decree of forfeiture and destruction.     (F. &
D. no. 37430.    Sample no. 53458-B.)
This case involved canned stringless beans that were worm-damaged.
On March 26, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Idaho,
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 300 cartons of canned stringless
beans at Lewiston, Idaho, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate
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commerce on or about February 15, 1936, by the Stayton Canning Co., from 
Stayton, Oreg., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act The article was labeled in part: "Sea-Port Brand Cut Stringless Beans 
* * * Standard quality * * * Packed for National Grocery Co., Seattle, 
Wash."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On July 11, 1986, no claimant having appeared, Judgment of forfeiture was 
entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.