3399. Misbranding: [alleged adulteration] of acid phosphate of calcium.? U. S. v. 8 Barrels Purporting' to Contain Acid Phosphate of Cal?? cium. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released on bond. (F. & D. No. 2596. I. S. No. 12564-c. S. No. 925.) On April 15, 1911, the United States attorney for the district of Massachu?? setts, 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 con?? demnation of 8 barrels, purporting to contain acid phosphate of calcium, re?? maining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging? that the product had been shipped by the Provident Chemical Works, New? York, N. Y., and transported from the State of New York into the State of? Massachusetts, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs? Act. Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that? it contained a poisonous and deleterious ingredient, to wit, arsenous oxid,? which rendered it injurious to health, and for the further reason that it had? been mixed and packed with a substance, to wit, calcium sulphate, which re?? duced and lowered and injuriously affected the quality and strength of said? food. 608 BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY. [July, 1914. On May 28, 1914, the Provident Chemical Works, St. Louis, Mo., filed its? claim for the goods, and on May 29, 1914, the case having come on for hearing? and said claimant having filed a satisfactory bond, conditioned that the product? would not be sold or disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Food and? Drugs Act, or the laws of any State, Territory, District, or insular possession,? judgment of condemnation was entered, the court finding the product mis-? branded. It was further ordered that the product should be delivered to said? claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings. D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture. WASHINGTON, D. C, September 24, 1914.