12447. Adulteration and misbranding of Madagascar Lima bKans. U. S. v. 23 Bags of Madagascar Lima BKans. Default decree of con- demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 18298. I. S. No. 9311-v. S. No, C-4278.) On or about February 14, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and condemnation of 23 bags of Madagascar Lima beans remaining in the original unbroken packages at Concordia, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped by N. Abramovitz & Co., New York, N. Y., on or about November 7, 1923, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Kansas, and charging adulteration and misbranding, in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was food in package form and the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the out- side of the package. During the month of June, 1924, 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. HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.