15060. Adulteration and Misbranding of plaster xnustard.    TJ. S. v. 4 Bai'-
rels of Plaster Mustard. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 21653. I. S. No. 15383-x. S. No. 
C-5325.)
On February 18, 1927, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, 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 4 barrels of plaster mustard, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Knickerbocker Mills Co., from New York, N. Y., in two consignments, 
on January 4 and April 7, 1926, respectively, and transported from the State of 
New York into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbriinding 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled, " Plaster 
Mustard."
Analysis by this department showed that this article consisted of mustard 
hulls.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was 
sold as mustard, a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, and 
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity, as determined by 
the test laid down in said Pharmacopoeia.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Plaster 
Mustard," borne on the label, was false and misleading, in that the said article 
consisted mainly of mustard hulls, with only a trace of mustard oil. Mis- 
branding was alleged for the further reason that the article was offered for 
sale under the name of another article, that is, mustard, when in fact it 
consisted mainly of mustard hulls with only a trace of mustard oil.
On May 17, 1927, 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. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.