3742. Adulteration and misbranding of beans with pork.    IT. S. v. 113 Cases, 63
Cases, and 96 Cases of Beans -with Pork. Consent decrees of condemna- 
tion. Product ordered delivered to charitable institutions. (F. D. C. Nos. 
7485, 7489, 7547.    Sample Nos. 81444-B, 81610-B, 81640-E.)
These canned beans were found to contain small stones ranging in size in 
the various lots from •& inch in diameter to about the size of a bean. One 
shipment was short of the declared weight
On May 14 and 28,1942, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado 
filed libels against 272 cases, each, containing 48 cans of beans with pork, which 
had been consigned by the Norfolk Packing Co., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on or about Jan- 
uary 19 to on or about April 1, 1942, from Plattsmouth, Nebr.; and charging 
that it was adulterated and that one lot was also misbranded. The article 
was labeled in part: "Select [or "First Prize" or "Morning Light"] Brand Beans 
With Pork."
All 3 lots were alleged to be adulterated in that stones had been substituted 
wholly or in part for beans with pork, which the article purported to be. Adul- 
teration was alleged with respect to 2 of the lots for the further reason that 
stones had been added thereto or mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce 
its quality.. The Select brand was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement 
"Contents 16 Ounces" was false and misleading, and in that it was in package 
form and failed to bear a label containing an accurate statement of the quantity 
of the contents.
On June 9, 1942, the owner in each instance having signed an acceptance of 
service and authorization for the taking of final decree, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and it was ordered that the product be distributed to charitable 
institutions and that they be required to take steps to insure removal of the 
adulterant before consumption of the product.