3132.?Adulteration of Fernet Milano, Miscolanza, and Ferro China.   TJ. S. v.
2 Cases Fernet Milano, 2 Cases Miscolanza, and 2 Cases Ferro China.?
Default    decrees    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 5264.    S. No. 1848.)
On June 21, 1913, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district libels for the seizure and?
condemnation of 2 cases each containing 12 quart bottles of Fernet Milano, 2?
cases each containing 12 quart bottles of Miscolanza, and 2 cases each contain??
ing 12 quart bottles of Ferro China, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages, and in the possession of Peter Martello at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging?
that the products had been shipped on or about May 20, 1913, and transported?
from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The Fernet Milano was?
labeled, " 12 bottles?fragile?fernet?Northern Italian Importer?serial No.?
48473." The Miscolanza was labeled, " 12 Bottles?Fragile?Miscolanza??
Northern Italian Importer?Serial No. 48437." The Ferro China was labeled,?
" 12 Bottles?Fragile?Ferro China?Northern Italian Importer?Serial No.?
48437."
Adulteration of these products was alleged in the libels for the reason that?
they contained a certain added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, to wit,?
" wood alcohol," which rendered said articles of food injurious to health.
On August 1, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments?
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered as to the three products and it?
was ordered by the court that they should be destroyed by the United States?
marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21, 191k.