17605. Adulteration and Misbranding of fluid extract of grlngrer.    U. S. v.
0 Cases of Fluid Extract Glngrer. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 24951. I. S. No. 035402. 
S. No. 3169.)
Examination of samples of the fluid extract of ginger from the herein 
described interstate shipment having shown that it was a weak, substandard 
product deflcient in ginger extractives, and that it did not conform to the 
specifications of the United States Pharmacopoeia, and contained phenols and 
an oily material not found in true ginger extract, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the facts to the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Louisiana.
On May 27, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- , 
demnation of 9 cases of fluid extract of ginger, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Monroe, La., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Land Drug Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, on or about January 10, 1930, and 
had been transported from the State of Ohio into the State of Louisiana, 
and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act. The article was labeled in part: (Bottle) "Land Brand Fluid Extract 
of Ginger, U. S. P. Alcohol 83% by vol. * * * Distributed by Land Drug 
Co., Cincinnati, O."
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was subject to con- 
demnation under paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 7 of the act, in the case of 
drugs, in that the labels bore false representations regarding its strength and 
purity.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Fluid Extract of 
Oinger, U. S. P.," borne on the label, was false and misleading when applied 
to a product which did not conform to the United States Pharmacopoeia, analy- 
sis having shown that it contained an unidentified oily material, phenolic 
bodies, and was deficient in ginger extractives.
On June 14, 1930, 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.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.