5857.  Adulteration   and misbranding of   chloroform   liniment.      XT.   S.   P. 
TJ. S.    *     *     *    v. William T. Kerfoot, Jr.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $20.
(F. & D. No. 8407.    I. S. No. 4612-m.)
On September 27, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Colum- 
bia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, tiled in the police 
court of said District an information against William T. Kerfoot, Jr., Wash- 
ington, D- C., alleging that said defendant did offer for sale and sell at the 
District aforesaid, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on February 8, 
1917, a quantity of an article labeled in part, " Chloroform Liniment U. S. P.," 
which was adulterated and misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed the following results:
Camphor (grams per 100 cc) 
1.64
Alcohol (per cent by volume) 
63.4
Chloroform (cc per 100 cc) 
11.34
(minims per fluid ounce) 
54.4
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it was sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharma- 
copoeia and differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as de- 
termined by the tests laid down in the said Pharmacopoeia official at the time 
of investigation of the article, in that in 1,000 mils of the article there were 
113.4 mils of chloroform, whereas the said Pharmacopoeia provides that in 
1,000 mils of the article there shall be 300 mils of chloroform; and that in 
1,000 mils of the article there were 16.4 grams of camphor, whereas said 
Pharmacopoeia provides that in 1,000 mils of the article there shall be 700 
mils of soap liniment, and that in 700 mils of soap liniment there shall be 
31.5 grams of camphor; and that said article contained 63.4 per cent by volume 
of absolute alcohol, whereas said Pharmacopoeia provides that in 1,000 mils 
of the article there shall be 700 mils of soap liniment and that in 700 mils of 
soap liniment there shall be approximately 46.5 mils of absolute alcohol corre- 
sponding to approximately 46.5 per cent of absolute alcohol by volume; and the 
standard of the strength, quality, and purity of the article was not declared 
on the container thereof.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement borne on the 
label attached to the bottle containing the article, regarding it and the ingre- 
dients and substances contained therein, to wit, " Containing 48% Absolute 
Alcohol By Volume and 144 Min. Chloroform per fluid ounce," was false and 
misleading in that it represented that the article contained 48 per cent by 
volume of absolute alcohol and 144 minims of chloroform to the fluid ounce, 
whereas, in truth and in fact, it did not, but contained a greater amount of 
alcohol and a less amount of chloroform, to wit, 63.4 per cent of absolute alco- 
hol by volume and 54.4 minims of chloroform per fluid ounce; and for the further 
reason that it contained alcohol and chloroform, and the label failed to bear a 
statement of the quantity or proportion of alcohol and chloroform contained 
therein.
On September 27, 1917, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $20.
CAEL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
On October 5, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the police court 
of the said District an information against William H. Phelps, trading as 
Boyd's Pharmacy, Washington, D. C, alleging that said defendant did offer for 
sale and sell at the District aforesaid, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
on February 9, 1917, a quantity of an article labeled in part, " Chloroform 
Liniment," which was adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that the product contained no camphor.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that it was sold under and by a name recognized in the United Stales Phar- 
macopoeia and differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as de- 
termined by the tests laid down in the said Pharmacopoeia official at the time 
of the investigation of the article, in that said article contained no camphor, 
whereas said Pharmacopoeia provides that in 1,000 mils of the article there 
shall be 700 mils of soap liniment and that in 700 mils of soap liniment there 
shall be 31.5 grams of camphor; and the standard of the strength, quality, and 
purity of the article was not declared on the container thereof.
On October 5, 1917, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $20.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.