5850. Adulteration of gelatin. U. S. * * * v. 40 Barrels, of ttelatin. 
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiting. Product ordered 
released on bond.     (F. & D. No. 8399.    I. S. No. 10870-m.    S. No. C-722.)
On July 31, 1917, the United States attorney for the Northern 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 40 barrels of gelatin, remaining unsold in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Cleveland, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
December 29, 1916, by T. M. Duche and Sons, New York, N. Y., and transported 
from the State of New York into the State of Ohio, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was invoiced as " P. F. 
Gelatine."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that glue, 
containing an excessive amount of zinc, had been mixed and packed with it so 
as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had 
been substituted for pure food gelatin, which the article purported to be, and 
for the further reason that the product contained zinc, an added poisonous and 
deleterious ingredient, which might render it injurious to health.
On August 15, 1917, Charles Townsend and Brother, New York, N. Y., 
claimants, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the 
product should be released to said claimants upon the payment of all costs of 
the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $5,000, in conformity 
with section 10 of the act.
GAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.