7291. Adnlte ration   and   Misbranding of   gelatin.   U.   S.    *   *    *    v.   1   Drnitt
of  Gelatin.   Default  decree   of  condemnation,   forfeiture,  and   des- 
truction.    (F. & D. No. 10274.     I. S. No. 7827-r.     S. No. C-1219.)
On May 15, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
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 1 drum of gelatin, remaining unsold in the original unbroken 
package at Owatonna, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped on 
or about April 16, 1919, by the W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., and trans- 
ported from the State of Missouri into the State of Minnesota, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled " Gelatine 25 lbs. Net."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the 
reason that glue had been substituted wholly or in part for gelatin, which the. 
article purported to be, and for the further reason that it contained added 
poisonous and deleterious ingredients, to wit, copper and zinc, which might 
render the article injurious to health.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance for the reason that the 
statement, to wit, " Gelatine," was false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was an imitation of, 
and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article.
On October 28, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.