29802. Adulteration of   caraway   seed.     U.   S.   v.   110   Bags   of   Caraway   Seed.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 43109. 
Sample No. 27662-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages at the time of examination, was found 
to contain materially less volatile oil than normal seed should contain, indi- 
cating that the seed was partially exhausted.
On July 21, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 110 bags of caraway 
seed at St. Louis, Mo.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
June 24, 1938, by P. H. Petry from New York, N. Y.; and- charging adulteration 
Jn violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration was alleged in that caraway seed from which a portion of the 
volatile oil had been removed had been mixed and packed with the article so 
as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength, and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for it; and in that a valuable constituent, volatile 
oil, had been wholly or in part abstracted.
On October 10, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARBY L. BROWN. Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
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