10364. Adulteration of  cumin  seed.     V.   S.     *     *      *     v. 2  Barrels     *      *      *
of Cumin Seed. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 15744.    I. S. No. 756-t.    S. No. C-3376.)
On December 20, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, 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 2 barrels of cumin seed, at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped from Indianapolis, Ind., December 9, 1921, and trans- 
ported from the State of Indiana into the State of Illinois and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that substances, to wit, sand and grit, had been mixed and packed with 
the said article so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality 
and strength and for the further reason that the said substances had been sub- 
stituted in part for the said article.
On April 24, 1922, 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. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.