14580. Adulteration and misbranding of coriander seed.     TJ. S. v. 7 Sack 
of  Coriander  Seed.    Default  decree  of  condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 21124.    I. S. No. 8133-x.    S. No. E-5734.)
On June 14, 1926, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 7 sacks of coriander seed, remaining unsold in the original 
sacks at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by Kingan 
& Co., from Indianapolis, Ind., on or about May 15, 1926, and transported 
from the State of Indiana into the State of New York, and charging adultera- 
tion and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Coriander Seed From Archibald & Lewis Co. -. * ?* ' * New 
York Kingan & Co., Indianapolis, Ind."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance, excessive foreign material, had been substituted wholly or in part 
for the said article, and for the further reason that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed or putrid vegetable substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label 
" Coriander Seed" was false and misleading and deceived and misled the 
purchaser.
On August 13, 1926, 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.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.