19654. Adulteration of fluidextract of ginger. U. S. v. 150 Gallons of 
Fluidextract of Ginger. Default decree of condemnation, forfei- 
ture, and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 28959.    S. No. 6775.)
On February 29, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Tennessee, acting upon a report by an official of the Tennessee State Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for the 
district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 150 gallons of 
fluidextract of ginger, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Knox- 
ville, Tenn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, 
in March, 1930, a portion by the Hub Products Co., Boston, Mass., and the 
remainder by the Interstate Drug Co., New York, N. Y., that the article had 
been transported from the States of Massachusetts and New York, respectively, 
into the State of Tennessee, and that it was adulterated in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was shipped in 3 barrels, 1 barrel invoiced 
" Liquid Medicine," and 1 labeled and invoiced " Fluid Extract." The remain- 
ing barrel of the product was unlabeled.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of certain poisons which cause partial paralysis.
On April 22, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court i 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTTB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.