368. Adulteration and Misbranding of prickly ash bark. U. S. v. 7 
Bales of Prickly Ash Bark. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 21362. I. S. No. 14172-x. S. No. 
C-5255.)
)n November 3, 1926, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
strict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
3 condemnation of 7 bales of prickly ash bark, remaining in the original 
broken packages at Peoria, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped 
R. T. Greer & Co., from Marion, Va., on or about July 27, 1926, and trans- 
ited from the State of Virginia into the State of Illinois, and charging 
ulteration' and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
icle was labeled in part: "SOP Ash Bk."
Analysis by this department showed that the article was the stem bark of 
alia spmosa L., not Xanthoxylunu Clava-HercuUs L., southern prickly ash 
:k.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was 
d under a name recognized in the National Formulary and differed from 
s standard of strength, quality, or purity of the official article. Adulteration 
s alleged for the further reason that its strength and purity fell below the 
)fessed standard or quality under which it was sold.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statemenfa "SOP Ash Bk," 
borne on the label, was false and misleading, and in that the article was offered 
for sale under the name of another article.
On April 13, 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.  JARXIINE,  Secretary  of Agriculture.