3133.?Adulteration  of  Fernet  Milano.     TJ.   S.  v.  2   Cases   of Fernet  Milano.
Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. & D.
No. 5265.     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 a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 2 cases, each containing 12 quart bottles of Fernet Milano,?
retnaining unsold in the original unbroken packages and in the possession of?
Joseph Froio, Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the product 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 product was labeled, " 12 bottles?fragile?fernet?North??
ern Italian Importer?serial No. 48473."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
contained a certain added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, to wit, " wood?
alcohol," which rendered it injurious to health.
On August 1, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21, 1911h