5845. Adulteration and misbranding of gelatin. TJ. S. * * * ~v. 3 Bar- 
rel* of Gelatin. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product  ordered   released  on  bond.      (F.   &  D.   No.   8381.     I.   S.   No.
8804-p.    S. No. C-724.)
On August 1, 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 con- 
demnation of 3 barrels, each containing 243 pounds of gelatin, consigned on or 
about November 27, 1916, by the Detroit Gelatine Co., Chicago, Ill., remaining 
unsold in the original unbroken packages 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 
Pood and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
tained an added deleterious ingredient, to wit, zinc, which might render said 
article Injurious to health.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was o&.ered 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 September 18, 1917, the said Detroit Gelatine Co., claimant, having con- 
sented 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 
supervision of a representative of this department and released to said claim- 
ant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a 
bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
GAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.