0233. Adulteration and Misbranding of Jamaica ginger.     V. S.     *      *     *     v.
13 Gross Bottles of * * * Tincture of Jamaica Ginger. Default 
decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.   No.
14404.    I.  S. No. EGG-t.     S. No. E-3090.)
On February 4, 1921, 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 13 gross bottles of tincture of Jamaica ginger, consigned on January 7, 1921, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Chemical Trading Co., New York, N. Y., and 
transported from the State of New York into the State of Maryland, and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was 
sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, and 
differed from the standard of strength as determined by the test laid down in 
said Pharmacopoeia, official at the time of the investigation, and for the further 
reason that its strength fell below the professed standard and quality under 
which it was sold, to wit, " Tincture of Jamaica Ginger U. S. P. It."
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements on the label, 
" Tincture of Jamaica Ginger U. S. P. It," and " 2 oz.," were false and mislead- 
ing in that the article was not tincture of ginger of United States Pharma-
coposial quality, and in that the contents of the package was less than 2 ounces. 
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was an imita- 
tion of, and was offered for sale under the name of, another article.
On March 23, 1921, 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.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.