9389. Adulteration and Misbranding of ground marjoram. II. S. * * * 
v. 3 Barrels of Ground Marjoram. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 14600. I. S. No. 3207-t. S. No. 
C-2861.)
On March 10, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, 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 3 barrels of ground marjoram, remaining unsold in the 
original unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had 
been shipped on or about November 30, 1920, by the Van Camp Packing Co., 
Indianapolis, Ind., and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of 
Missouri, 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 
consisted in whole or in part of sand and grit.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Ground Mar- 
joram," appearing on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser into the belief that the product consisted wholly of ground 
marjoram, whereas, in truth and in fact, it consisted in part of added sand 
and grit.
On April 29, 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 e.