5604.  Adulteration of pepper.    U. S.    *     *     *     v. 20 Cases und 10 Cartons 
of pepper.     Default  decree  of condemnation,  foi'feiture, and   sale.
(F. & D. No. 6634.   I. S. Nos. 13497-k, 13498-k.    S. No. C-245.)
On June 18, 1915, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Mississippi, acting 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 20 cases and 10 cartons of pepper, remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages at Laurel, Miss., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Newton Tea & Spice Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, and transported from 
the State of Ohio into the State of Mississippi, the shipment having been re- 
ceived on or about May 6, 1915, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated for the reason 
that it contained pepper shells.
On March 14, 1917,#no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture wras entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be sold at public auction by the United States marshal.
O. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.