F. & D. No. 47-c.	
Issued July 8,1911.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 902, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
ADULTERATION OF ALFALFA HAT.
On or about January 28, 1910, the Nebraska-Colorado Company,?
Lexington, Nebr., shipped from the State of Nebraska into the State?
of Georgia a consignment of 20,000 pounds of alfalfa hay. T. G.?
Hudson, commissioner of agriculture for the State of Georgia, acting?
by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, caused a sample from?
the above shipment to be procured and examined, and the product?
was found to consist in part of a decomposed vegetable substance, to?
wit, musty, moldy, and decomposed alfalfa hay. As the findings?
of the analyst and report made indicated that the product was adul??
terated within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30,?
1906, and liable to seizure under section 10 of the act, the said com??
missioner of agriculture reported the facts to the United States?
attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
In due course a libel was filed in the District Court of the United?
States for said district against the said 20,000 pounds of hay, charging?
the above shipment and alleging that the product so shipped con??
sisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance, to wit, of musty,?
moldy, and decomposed alfalfa hay, and praying seizure, condemna??
tion, and forfeiture of the product.
On March 29, 1910, the cause came on for hearing, and no claimant?
to the above product having entered an appearance, and no answer?
to the allegations of the above libel having been filed, the court,?
being fully informed in the premises, found the allegations of said?
libel to be true, and issued its decree condemning and forfeiting said?
product to the use of the United States as adulterated, and ordering?
the destruction thereof by the marshal of said district, which order?
was forthwith executed.
This notice is given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs
Act of June 30, 1906.
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.?
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 22,1911.
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