15907. Adulteration of henbane leaves.     TJ. S. v. 1 Bale of Henbane Leaves.
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 22510.    I. S. No. 21246-x.    S. No. 617.)
On March 6, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
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 1 bale of henbane leaves at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Mcllvaine Bros., Inc., from New York, N. Y., on or about February 4, 
1928, and transported from the State of New York into the State of Maryland, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that it yielded 
19.15 per cent of acid-insoluble ash.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated1 in that it was sold 
under and by 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 the said pharmacopoeia.
On April 18, 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.
ARTHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.