17751. Adulteration  and Misbranding of fluid extract  of ginger.    U.  S. v.
10 Cartons of Ginger Extract. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 24853. I. S. No. 014215. 
S. No. 3194.)
Examination of samples of fluid extract of ginger from the herein-described 
interstate shipment having shown that the article did not meet the require- 
ments of the United States Pharmacopoeia, since it contained castor oil, the 
Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for 
the Eastern District of Texas.
On June 23, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel, and subsequently an 
amended libel, praying seizure and condemnation of 10 cartons, each containing 
6 dozen 2-ounce bottles of fluid extract of ginger, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Tyler, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the De Lux Packing Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., February 6, 1930, and had been 
transported from the State of New York into the State of Texas, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Bottle) "Fluid Extract of Ginger U. S. P."
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that the 
product contained castor oil and but a small proportion of material derived 
from ginger.
It was alleged in substance in the libel as amended that the article was adul- 
terated in that it was sold under a name recognized by the United States Phar- 
macopoeia, and differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as 
determined by the tests laid down in said pharmacopoeia.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the bottle label, 
"Fluid Extract of Ginger U. S. P.," was false and misleading, and for the 
further reason that the article was an imitation, and was offered for sale under 
the name of another article.
On October 7, 1930, 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.
ARTHUS M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.