18622. Adulteration and misbranding of dried bKans.   U. S. v. 286 Cases   *   *   *
(and 1 other seizure action).   (F. D. C. Nos. 32503, 32518.   Sample Nos. 
4025-L, 4407-L.)
January 18, 1952, by AUen V. Smith, Inc., from Greeley, Colo., and Marcellus 
Falls, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 356 cases, each containing 24 1-pound packages, of dried beans at 
Baltimore, Md.
LABEL IN PART :    (Package) "Smith's   Great Northern Beans   Selected."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of hardened 
clumps of dirt.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label designation "Selected" was false and 
misleading as applied to a food containing hardened clumps of dirt.
DISPOSITION : March 14,1952. Allen V. Smith, Inc., claimant, having consented 
to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and the court 
ordered that the product be released under bond for reconditioning, under the 
supervision of the Federal Security Agency. As a result of the reconditioning 
operations, a total of 7,000 pounds of cleaned whole beans and 274 pounds of 
split cleaned beans were released to the claimant; and the remainder of the 
product, consisting of 31% pounds, was rejected for use as human food.