10690. Adulteration of poppy seed.    TJ.   S. v.  9 Bags    *    *    *.    (£>.  D.  C.   No.
18270.   Sample No. 4271-H.
LIBEL FILED :    October 31, 1945, Eastern District of Pa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about April 30 and May 15,1945, by the R. J. Spitz Co., 
from New York, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 9 135-pound bags of poppy seed at Phila. Pa. Examination showed 
that the product was white poppy seeds artificially colored bluish-black with 
logwood. The artificially colored seeds simulated in appearance the bine- 
colored poppy seeds, which have greater commercial value.
LABEL IN PART: "British India Poppy Seed Artificially Colored With Vege- 
table Extract."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (3), inferiority had been 
concealed by the addition of logwood, an artificial color; and, Section 402 (b) 
(4), logwood had been added to the article so as to make it appear better or of 
greater value than it was.
DISPOSITION : January 3, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.