4872.  Adulteration ana misbranding of pepper.    IT. S.     *     *     *    v. lO Boxes?
of Pepper.    *     *     *    V. S.    *     *     *    v. 25 Falls of Pepper.    Order of
court releasing product on bond.      (F. & D. Nos. 6730, 6731.    I. S. Nos.?
3075-k, 307 6-k.    S. Nos. E-354, E-355.)
On July 15, 1915, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and?
condemnation of 10 ten-pound boxes and 25 ten-pound pails of pepper, remain??
ing unsold in the original unbroken packages at Roanoke, Va., alleging that?
the article had been shipped on June 30, 1915, by the W. H. Crawford Co.,?
Baltimore, Md., and transported from the State of Maryland into the State?
of Virginia, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the?
reason that it contained added pepper shells in violation of section 7, para??
graphs 1 and 2, under food of the Food and Drugs Act.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was labeled " Pepper,"?
when in fact it was a mixture of pepper and pepper shells, in violation of?
section 8, first general paragraph, and paragraph 2, under food of said Food?
and Drugs Act.
On September 27, 1915, the said W. H. Crawford Co., claimant, having paid?
the costs of the proceedings and tendered bond, in conformity with section 10?
of the act, which bond was approved and accepted by the court, it was ordered?
that the article should be delivered to said claimant.
CABL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,
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