20291. Adulteration of  mustard  seed.     U.S.  v.  506 Bags  of Mustard  Seed.
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released under 
bond.    (F. & D. no. 28766.    Sample no. 8532-A.)
This action involved a quantity of imported mustard seed which was found 
to contain rodent excreta.
On August 20, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 506 bags of mustard seed, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about January 1, 1932, by Van Lessen, Richardson & Co., from 
London, England, to Philadelphia, Pa., and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Mustard Eng- 
land."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted of a filthy vegetable substance, due to the presence of rodent excreta.
On October 11, 1932, R. T. French Co., Philadelphia, Pa., having appeared as 
claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 
•entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the 
said claimant for reconditioning under the supervision of this Department, 
upon payment of costs and the execution of a good and sufficient bond, con- 
ditioned in part that it should not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to 
the Federal Food and Drugs Act, and all other laws.
R. G. TUQWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.