10357. Adulteration of canned stringless bKans. V. S. * * * v. 130 
Cases * * * of Cut Stringless BKans. Default decree of con- 
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 15976. Inv. No. 
29831.     S. No. B-3771.)
On February 11, 1922, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, 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 condemnation of 130 cases of canned stringless beans, at McKeos- 
port, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Webster-Butterfield 
Co., Baltimore, Md., on or about October 17, 1921, and transported from the 
State of Maryland into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Southern Queen Brand Cut Stringless Beans * * * Packed By Webster- 
Butterfield Co. Inc., Baltimore, Md."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable 
substance.
On March 7, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.