21907. Adulteration and misbranding of fava bKans.     U.  S. v. 92  Sacks of
Fava   BKans.    Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 31273.    Sample no. 51777-A.)
This case involved a shipment of fava beans which were insect-infested and 
which were contained in sacks that were not labeled to indicate the quantity 
of the contents.
On October 27, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New Tork, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 92 sacks of fava 
beans at Brooklyn, N.T., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 11, 1933, by Uddo-Taormina Corporation, 
from Los Angeles, Calif., and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was food in package 
form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked 
on the outside of the package.
On January 10, 1934, judgment was entered by default ordering the product 
condemned, forfeited, and destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.