16145. Adulteration  and  Misbranding of  Japanese  cod livex-  oil.     TJ.   S.  v.
10 Drums of Japanese Cod liiver Oil. Default decree of condemna- 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 22650. I. S. No. 
19983-x.     S.  No.  556.)
On March 20, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, 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 seizure and 
condemnation of 10 drums of Japanese cod liver oil, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Cook, Swan & Young Corporation, Bayway, N. J., on or about October 21, 
1927, and transported from the State of New Jersey into the State of Missouri, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act.    The article was labeled in part: " Japanese Cod Liver Oil not U. S. P."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that its strength 
fell below the professed standard under which it was sold, and in that an oil 
other than cod liver oil had been substituted in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Cod Liver Oil" 
was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and in that 
the article was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On October 31, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.