14181. Adulteration and misbranding of ground mace.    U. S. v. 28 Pounds
of Ground Mace. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 20382.    I. S. No. 6917-x.    S. No. E-5476.)
On or about August 25, 1925, the United States attorney for the District 
af Connecticut, acting upon a report by the, Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 28 pounds of ground mace, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Bridgeport, Conn., alleging that the article had been 
ielivered for shipment by the Knickerbocker Mills Co., New York, N. Y., on or 
about June 22, 1925, for transportation from the State of New York into the 
State of Connecticut, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation 
)f the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Pure Ground 
Mace."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that sub- 
stances, added cornmeal and nutmeg, had been mixed and packed therewith 
so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had 
Seen substituted in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
bo wit, "Pure Ground Mace," was false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was offered for sale: 
mder the distinctive name of another article.
During the month of January, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the 
property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
>rdered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States 
narshal.
C. r. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.