3617. Adulteration and misbranding of malt sprouts. U. S. v. 470 Bags * * * Malt?
Sprouts. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product ordered released?
on bond.     (F. & D. No. 5693.    I. S. No. 9923-h.    S. No. C-29.)
On April 21, 1914, the United States attorney for the District of Indiana, act??
ing upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of?
the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of?
470 bags, more or less, of a product purporting to be malt sprouts, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Indiana Harbor, Ind., alleging that?
the product had been transported from the State of Ohio into the State of?
Indiana, the shipment arriving on or about April 18,1914, and charging adultera??
tion and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that sub??
stances had been substituted in part for the article " malt sprouts," and, further,?
in that substances had been mixed and packed with said article sb as to reduce?
and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength. Misbranding was?
alleged for the reason that the product was shipped and offered for sale as?
" malt sprouts," when in fact it was a mixture of malt sprouts, barley chaff,?
pieces of grains, stems, and weed seeds, including oats.
On June 23, 1914, the Moses Rothschild Co., Chicago, 111., claimant, having?
filed its answer admitting the allegations in the libel, judgment of condemnation?
and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product?
should be delivered to said claimant, all the costs of the proceedings having?
been paid by claimant, and bond in the sum of $500 having been filed by claim??
ant, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 12, 1915.
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