14881. Adulteration  and misbranding of -worm  seed.     U.   S.  v.  9  Bags   of
"Worm Seed. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 20015.    I. S. No. 22578-v.    S. No. C-4716.)
On April 21, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of South 
Dakota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and
condemnation of 9 bags of worm seed, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Sioux Falls, S. Dak., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Murray & Nickell Mfg. Co., South Elgin, Ill., on or about December 6, 1924, 
and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of South Dakota, and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that its 
strength fell below the professed standard and quality under which it was sold, 
since it contained practically none of the volatile oil which is the medicinally 
active ingredient of the article, and had a rancid odor.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement "Worm Seed," 
borne on the tag attached to the bags containing the article, was misleading, 
in that the term " Worm Seed " implies a normal sound product, whereas the 
said article was rancid and practically devoid of all essential oil.
On December 28, 1926, 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.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.