12545. Misbranding1 and allesed adulteration of red kidney beans. U. S. 
v. 20 Cases, More or Less, of Kidney Beans et al. Default de- 
crees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 
12153, 12154, 12155, 12156, 12157- I. S. Nos. 8313-r, 8316-r, 8317-r, 8318-r, 
8574-r.    S. Nos. C-1720, C-1721, C-1722, C-1727, C-1733.)
On February 16, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure 
a.nd condemnation of 196 cases of kidney beans, in part at Chicago, Ill., and in 
part at Lasalle, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by George Van 
Camp & Sons Co. from Westfield, Ind., between the dates of September 17 and 
December 24, 1919, and transported from the State of Indiana into the State 
of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that long 
cranberry beans had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, 
and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in 
whole or in part for red kidney beans.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statements, to 
wit, " Geo. Van Camp's Red Kidney Beans Contents 1 Lb. 4 Oz. Packed by 
Geo. Van Camp & Sons Co., Westfield, Ind.," appearing on the cases and cans 
containing the article, were false and misled and deceived the purchaser in 
that they represented that the said article was red kidney beans, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, the said cases and cans contained long cranberry beans. 
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was an imita- 
tion of and sold under the distinctive name of another food product, to wit, red 
kidney beans.
On July 15, 1924, default decrees were entered, condemning the product as 
being misbranded and ordering its forfeiture and destruction, and it was 
further ordered by the court that costs should be assessed against the claimant, 
the George Van Camp & Sons Co.
HOWAED M. GOKE, Secretary of Agriculture.