30757. Adulteration of white bKans.    IT. S. v. 178 Bags of White BKans.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 45392.   Sample No. 
44296-D.)
This product had been shipped in interstate commerce by boat from San Fran- 
cisco, Calif., to Newark, N. J., at which port it was damaged substantially as 
the result of a fire in the hold of the ship. When examined the bags were charred 
and encrusted with dirty clay, and the contents were filthy.
On May 23, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of 178 bags of white beans remaining 
unsold in the original packages at Newark, N. J.; alleging that the article had 
been shipped on or about March 6, 1939, from San Francisco, Calif., by Lompoc 
Produce & Real Estate Co.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act   The article was labeled in part: "Ames Harris Neville Co. S. F."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy or decomposed vegetable substance.
On June 28, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.