5844. Adulteration and misbranding of gelatin. U. S. * * * v. J Bar- 
rel of Gelatin. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product   ordered   released   on  bond.      (F.   &   D.   No.   8379.     I.   S.   No.
8802-p.    S. No. C-718 )
On July 30, 1917, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, 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 condem- 
nation of 1 barrel, containing 348 pounds of gelatin, consigned on or about May 
16, 1917, by W. K. Jahn Co., Chicago, Ill., remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken package at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped 
and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Ohio, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part, " Special W. Gelatine."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
tained an added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, to wit, zinc, which might 
render said article of food injurious to health.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was offered for 
sale, sold, and invoiced under the distinctive name of gelatin, when, in truth and 
in fact, it was not, but was another article, to wit, a mixture of gelatin and 
zinc.
On October 2, 1917, the said TV. K. «J an Co., claimant, having consented to a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product should be relabeled under the super- 
vision of a representative of this department and released to said claimant upon 
the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a good and 
sufficient bond, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.