3740. Adulteration of canned green bKans.    U. S. v. 180 Cases and 121 Cases of
Green BKans. Default decree of destruction. (F. D. C. No. 6677. Sample 
Nos. 67632-E, 67633-E.)
This product was in whole or in part decomposed.
On or about January 22, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri filed a libel against 301 cases, each containing 24 No. 2 
cans, of green beans at Springfield, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 5, 1941, by Good Canning 
Corporation from Fort Smith, Ark.; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance. The article 
was labeled in part: (Cans) "Dependable [or "Mrs. Lane's"] Cut Stringless 
Green Beans * * * Packed By Good Canning Corporation [or "Foodland Inc. 
Distributors   Cleveland, Ohio"]."
On April 10, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment was entered 
ordering that the product "be destroyed.