17384. Adulteration and Misbranding of gam myrrh.    U. S. v. 2 Bags, et al.,
of  Gum Myrrh.     Default  decree  of  condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 24209.    I. S. No. 03071.    S. No. 1863.)
On November 8, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York, 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 2 bags and 2 partly filled bags of crushed gum myrrh, 
and 1 barrel and 1 partly filled barrel of powdered gum myrrh, remaining in 
the original packages at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Devkapan-Adenwalla, Aden, Arabia, December 4, 1928, into the 
port of Boston, Mass., and forwarded from Boston into the State of New York, 
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 con- 
tained an excessive amount of acid-insoluble ash and woody or bark-like 
material and was deficient in alcohol-soluble material.
It was alleged in the libel that the articJe was adulterated in that it was 
sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopeia and differed in 
strength, quality, and purity from the pharmacopeia specifications, in that it 
was deficient in alcohol-soluble material and contained an excessive amount 
of acid-insoluble ash and woody and bark-like material.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the name of another article.
On December 13, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.