15197.  Adulteration of marjoram.    TO. S. v. 49 Pounds  of  Marjoram.    Dei
fault  decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F, .<
D. No. 21504.    I. S. No. 16505-x.    S. No. Er-5922.) 
On or about December 29, 1926, the United States attorney for the District q; 
New Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in ta$ 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure ana 
condemnation of 49 pounds of marjoram, at Passaic, N. J., alleging that the; 
article had been shipped by Armour & Co., Chicago, Ill., on or about October 18,= 
1926, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of New Jersey^ 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
^alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that dirt and 
I, been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuri- 
Eect its quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly or in part 
! said article.
Jay 28, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
ination and forfeiture w. s enteied, and it was ordered by the court that 
s^jfluct be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.