7258. Adulteration and Misbranding of oil of sassafras. V. S. * * * v- 
104J Pounds of Oil of Sassafras. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 10035. I. S. No. 15320-r. S. 
No.  E-1305.)
On April 15, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
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 104| pounds of oil of sassafras, consigned on April 3, 1919, remaining unsold 
in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by J. B. Johnson, Hickory, N. C, and transported from the 
State of North Carolina into the State of Maryland, and charging adulteratiou 
and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it consisted in part of factitious oil of sassafras, an artificial 
oil produced from camphor oil.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance, to wit, synthetic oil of sassafras, had been mixed and packed there- 
with so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, 
and had been substituted wholly or in part for oil of sassafras, which the 
article purported to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was an imita- 
tion of, and was offered for sale under the name of, another article, to wit, oil 
of sassafras.
On June 11, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.