F. & D. No. 3920.
S. No. 1371.	
Issued December 17, 1912
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1813.
(Oiyen pursuant to section 4 of the Pood and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF TIMOTHY HAY.
On May 8, 1912, the United States Attorney for the Southern?
District of Alabama, acting on a report by the Secretary of Agricul??
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district?
a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 100 bales of hay, remain??
ing unsold in the original unbroken packages and in possession of?
J. L. Suttle, Mobile, Ala., alleging that the product had been shipped?
on or about February 26, 1912, by the Newton Grain & Hay Co.,?
Newton, 111., and transported from the State of Illinois into the?
State of Alabama, and charging adulteration and misbranding in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product bore no label but?
was ordered, sold, and invoiced as No. 1 timothy hay.
The libel alleged that the product was adulterated and misbranded?
in the following particulars, to wit, that the substance purporting?
to be hay consisted in large and substantial part of certain filthy and?
decomposed vegetable substances and matters, to wit, molds, yeasts,?
and bacteria, and for the further reason that the product was sold?
and invoiced as No. 1 timothy hay, whereas it consisted in part of?
timothy hay, but that there was a large and substantial portion ^of?
the product which did not consist of hay at all but was composed of?
cornstalks, weeds, and similar substances and materials, and for the?
further reason that the product in truth and in fact was not No. 1?
timothy hay, as described in the order and invoice, but consisted of?
a lower grade of hay than No. 1 timothy, and for the further reason?
that the said cornstalks, weeds, and similar materials were sold and?
offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, to wit,?
No. 1 timothy hay.
On June 4, 1912, a decree of condemnation and forfeiture was?
entered and it was further ordered that the product should be de??
stroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. HAYS,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C., October 14-, 1912.
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