27447. Adulteration  and misbranding of   canned  beets.     IT.   S.  v.   17%   Cases,
51% Cases, and 256 Cases of Canned Sliced Beets. Defaultdecrees 
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 39073. 39520. SamDle 
nos. 31722-C, 33640-C.) 
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This product was in part decomposed.
On February 12 and April 28,1937, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois and the Southern District of Ohio, acting upon reports by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in their respective courts libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 68-% cases of canned beets at Chicago, Ill., and
256 cases of canned beets at Cincinnati, Ohio, the former consigned on or about 
January 8, 1937, and the latter on or about March 11, 1937, alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce by the Mammoth Springs Canning 
Co., from Sussex, Wis., and charging that it was adulterated and that a portion 
was also misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. A portion of 
the article was labeled: (Cans) "Security Brand Fancy Sliced Beets Packed 
For Mid-City Wholesale Grocers Chicago, Illinois Aurora, Illinois." The re- 
mainder was labeled: "Gladioli Sliced Beets * * * Packed By Mammoth 
Springs Canning Company."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
decomposed vegetable substance.
A portion of the article was alleged to be misbranded in that the term "Fancy" 
was false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser when 
applied to an article that was decomposed.
On April 30 and June 9, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.