4188. Adulteration of canned green bKans.   TJ. S. v. 350 Cases and 1,172 Cases of
Green BKans.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C.
Nos. 8181, 8182.   Sample Nos. 14003-F, 14005-F.)
On August 20, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California filed a libel against a total of 1,522 cases, each case containing 24 
cans, of green beans at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 28 and June 29, 1942, by 
Quality Products, Inc., from La Feria, Texas; and charging that it was adul- 
terated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance. The 
article was labeled in part: "Westlake Brand Cut Green Beans," or "Curtis Cut 
Green Stringless BKans."
On September 12, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was "entered and the product was ordered destroyed.