5951.  Adulteration   and misbranding of   so-called   "Adeps   Lanae   U.   S.   P. J 
Hydrous."    TJ.   S.    *    *    *    v.  170  Cans   *    *    *    Adeps  Lanae  U.   S.  P. 
Hydr-oris.     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   de- 
struction.     (P. & D. No. 8268.    I. S. No. 11664-m.    S. No. C-G92.)
On June 2, 1917, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 170 cans of an article designated as "Adeps Lanae U. S. P. 
Hydrous,"' remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Chicago, Ill., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on March 24, 1917, by The "Western 
Biological Supply Co., Minneapolis, Minn., and transported from the State of 
Minnesota into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbrand- 
ing in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was 
sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, and 
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by 
the test laid down in the said Pharmacopoeia official at the time of the investi- 
gation, and for the further reason that the strength and purity of the said 
article fell below the professed standard of quality under which it was sold.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement, 
"Adeps Lanae U. S. P. Hydrous," appearing on the cans, was false and mis- 
leading in that it represented to the purchaser that the article was adeps lanoa 
U. S. P. hydrous, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not, but was a mixture 
of adeps lanse hydrous and petrolatum.
On December 6, 1917, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CARL VROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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