15897. Adulteration    and   misbranding    oi'    marjoram.     IT.    S.    v.    1    Barrel    ol
Marjoram.    Default  decree  of  condemnation, forfeiture,  and  de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 21335.    I. S. No. 8245-x.    S. No. E-5878.)
On October 18, 1926, the United States attorney for the District of New Jer- 
sey, 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 condem- 
nation of 1 barrel of marjoram at Trenton, N. J., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by R. T. Randall & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., on or about September 
27, 1926, and had been transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State 
of New Jersey, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " From R. T. Randall & 
Co.    *    *    *    Philadelphia."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a substance, 
dirt and sand, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, 
and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been substituted in part 
for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
underthe distinctive name of another article.
On July 9, 1928, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secreiary of Agri&ulture.