20582.  Adulteration  and misbranding of- Horseradish.     V.   S.  v.   103  Bottles  of 
Horseradish.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D.
No. 42023.    Sample No. 12CG0-D.)
This product contained foreign plant tissues, principally parsnip and turnip.
On June 15, 1938, 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 a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 103 bottles of horse- 
radish at Jamaica, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about May 14,1938, by American Grocery Co. from Hoboken, N. J.; 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Country Pride Horse Radish * * * 
Made by Arthur Janda Higginsville, N. J."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained foreign plant tissues, 
principally parsnip and some turnip, mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce or lower its quality and strength, and in that it had been mixed in a 
manner whereby inferiority was concealed.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Horse 
Radish'' was false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the 
purchaser.
On September 30, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.