13240. Misbranding and nlleg-ed adulteration ? of wahoo baric. U. S. v. - 
Bag's of Wahoo Bark. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 19193. I. S. No. 19841-v. S. 
No.   C-4541.)
On November 22, 1924, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and
condemnation of 6 bags of wahoo bark,, at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned on July 
26, 1924, by L. Garnett, from Uz, Ky., alleging that the article had been shipped 
from Uz, Ky., in interstate commerce into the State of Ohio, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act.
Examination of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that it consisted of the stem bark of the cucumber tree 
(Magnolia tripetala L.).
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
was sold as wahoo bark, a name recognized in the National Formulary, and 
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity of the official drug, 
and for the further reason that its purity fell below the standard or quality 
under which it was sold.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the name of another article, namely, wahoo bark.
On February 18, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of the court was entered, finding the product misbranded and ordering 
its condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.