S04S. Adulteration and misbranding: of horseradish style prepared mus??
tard. TJ. S. ?? * * v. 5 Barrels * * * of Horseradish Style Pre??
pared   Mustard,     Default   decree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,   and
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 13006.    I. S. No. 9719-r.    S. No. C-2401.)
On September 10, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of?
Nebraska, 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 5 barrels of horseradish style prepared mustard, remaining in?
the original unbroken packages at Omaha, Nebr., alleging that the article had
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been shipped on or about May 18, 1920, by Plochman & Witt, Chicago, 111., and?
transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Nebraska, and charging?
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The?
article was labeled, " Plochman & Witt, Chicago, Horseradish Style Prepared?
Mustard Colored with Turmeric Fifty-one Gals."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that mus??
tard bran and charlock had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce,?
lower, and injuriously affect the quality and strength of the article, and had?
been substituted wholly or in part for said article, and for the further reason?
that the article had been mixed with turmeric in a manner whereby its in??
feriority was concealed.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement?
" Horseradish Style Prepared Mustard " was false and misleading, and deceived?
and misled purchasers into the belief that it was Lhorseradish style] prepared?
[mustard] when, in fact, it was not.
On December 5, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.