15283.  Adulteration of cracked fcorn.     V. S. v.  140 Bagrs  of  Cracked  Corn. 
Default decree of condeianatlou, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &-
D. No. 21920.    I. S. No. 9635-x.    S. No. E-6089.)
On or about May 16, 192T, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Virginia, 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 140 bags of cracked corn, at Gordonsville, Va., alleging- 
that the article had been shipped by the Weber Milling Co., Toledo, Ohio, on or 
about February 3, 1927, and transported from the State of Ohio into the State 
of Virginia, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act 
The article was labeled in part: " Cracked Corn Weber Milling Co. Toledo, O."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance.
On July 25, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the properly, 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.