14163. Adulteration of canned string? beans.    V. S. v. 146 Cases of Canned
String Beans. Default deeree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F & D. No. 20650.    I. S. No. 9539-x.     S. No. C-4879.)     ;
On November 24, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Texas, 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 146 cases of canned string beans, at Wichita Falls, Tex., 
consigned by Appleby Bros., Fayetteville, Ark., alleging that the article had 
been shipped from Fayetteville, Ark., on or about September 11, 1925, and trans- 
ported from the State of Arkansas into the State of Texas, and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in 
part: (Can) " Zat-Zit Brand Cut String Beans Appleby's Stands For Quality 
Packed By Appleby Bros. Fayetteville, Ark."
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 sub- 
stance.
On March 22, 1926, 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. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.