3315. Misbranding of canned string bKans.   U. S. v. 25 Cases of Stringless BKans.
Default decree of condemnation.    Product ordered delivered to a local 
charitable agency.    (F. D. C. No. 6249.   Sample No. 84609-E.)
On November 22,1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York filed a libel against 25 cases, each containing 24 No. 2 cans, of stringless 
beans at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about July 19, 1941, by National Retailer-Owned Grocers, Inc., 
from Baltimore, Md.; and charging that it was misbranded. It was labeled in 
part:   (Cans)  "Shurfine Fancy Grade French Style Stringless BKans."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the term "Fancy Grade" 
was false and misleading as applied to an article that was not of Fancy quality 
because the beans were overmature and mealy and the pods were fibrous.
On January 15, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a local charitable agency 
for its own use and not for sale.