?244. Adulteration and luislsrartdliiar of alfalfa Siay. V. S. * * * v, 318?
Bales of Gteen Alfalfa Hay. Dfefatilt decree of CoileJewnatioia, foi*-?
feiture, and sale.     (F. & D, No. 38l^c.)
On April 15, 1918, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Georgia, acting upon a report by the commissioner of agriculture of Georgia,?
filed in the District Court of the United. States for said district a libel for?
the seizure and condemnation of 213 bales of green alfalfa hay at Fish, Ga.,?
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 25, 1918, by?
J. B. Horton & Go^, Memphis, Tenn., and transported from the State of Tennes??
see into the State of Georgia, and charging adulteration and misbranding in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable substance; and?
for the further reason that a substance, to wit, animal excrement and de??
composed alfalfa and vegetable substance other than green alfalfa hay, had?
been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, and lower, and injuriously?
affect its quality.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was offered?
for sale under the distinctive name of green alfalfa hay, whereas, in truth and?
in fact, it was not, but was a mixture of green alfalfa hay, animal excrement,?
and vegetable matter other than green alfalfa hay.
On June 10, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be sold by the United States marshal after having?
given notice, by verbal proclamation at the time of sale, that the hay was?
adulterated in that it contained filthy and decomposed vegetable matter.
G. I. CHRISTIE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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