10605.?Adulteration of black pepper.     V. S.    *      *     *     v. 50 Bags     *     *     *
of Black Pepper. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and?
destruction.     (P. & D. No. 15151.    I. S. No. 6944-t.    S. No. E>-3529.)
On August 17, 1921, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey,?
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 50 bags of black pepper, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages?
at Jersey City, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped by. the?
Merchants Refrigerating Co., New York, N. Y., on or about April 28, 1921, and?
transported from the State of New York into the State of New Jersey, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food -and Drugs Act;
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that an?
excessive quantity of foreign substances, to wit, dirt, stems, twigs, and pebbles,?
had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously?
affect its quality and strength and had been substituted in part for black?
pepper, which the article purported to be; and for the further reason that the?
said substances had been mixed with the article in a manner whereby its?
damage or inferiority was concealed.
On February 9, 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. PiJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.