11794. Alleged adulteration of tankage.    U. S. v. 33 Bags of Tankage.     De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  &
D. No. 16783.    I. g. No. 4476-v.    S. No. C-3788.)
On August 30, 1922, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and con- 
demnation of 33 bags of tankage, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Greenville, Ohio, consigned by H. E. Motts Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, 
from Syracuse, N. Y., November 19, 1921, alleging that the article had been 
shipped from Syracuse, N. Y., and transported from the State of New York 
into the State of Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Motts Vegetable Tankage H. 13. 
Motts Co., Cleveland, Ohio."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that glass 
had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously 
affect its quality and strength. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason 
that the article contained an added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, glass, 
which might render it injurious to health.
On May 16, 1923, 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.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.