5103.. Adulteration of park jand lljeansu IT. S. * * "? v. 50 Cases * * *?
of Ports and Beans. Default decree of condemnation, :f orf eiture,?
and destruction.    (P. & D. No. 7360.    I. S. No. 11365-1.    S. No. C-499.)
On April 27, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Indiana,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con??
demnation of 50 cases of pork and beans, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages at New Albany, Ind., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about March 27, 1916, by the Oceana Canning Co., Shelby, Mich.,?
and transported from the State of Michigan into the State of Indiana, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was?
labeled in part: " Cupid Brand Pork and Beans with tomato sauce * * *?
Select Quality.   Packed by Oceana Packing Co., Shelby, Mich."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed vegetable sub??
stance.
On February 15, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was-entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CABL VBOOITAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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