10887.?Adulteration, and misbrandingr of cumin seed.    V. S. v. 2 Ban-els  of
Cumin Seed.    Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.    (F. & D. No. 15416.    I. S. No. 905-t.    S. No. C-3263.)
On October 6, 1921, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Ohio, acting upon a. report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dstrict?
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con??
demnation of 2 barrels of cumin seed, returned by the original consignee, Sep??
tember 16, 1921, and remaining unsold in possession of the Heekin Co., Cin??
cinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped from Indianapolis, Incl.,?
and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Ohio, and charg??
ing adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that sand?
and grit had been mixed and packed with and substituted in part for the said?
article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale?
under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, cumin seed.
On January 28, 1922, 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.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.