S104. Adulteration and misbranding- of gelatin. V. S. * * * "V. 2 Barrels?
of Gelatin. Default decree, of condemnation, forfeiture, and de??
struction.,    (F..& D. No. .10220.    I. S. No. 1327.7-r.    S. No, E--1365.)
On May 16, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of Penn??
sylvania, 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 con??
demnation of 2 barrels of gelatin, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Connellsville, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or?
about March 1, 1919, by the W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., and trans??
ported from the State of Missouri into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging?
adulteration and misbranding under the Food and Drugs. Act.
Analysis of a sample of the product by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
Solution in water: Very cloudy.
Odor: Slight resemblance to glue.
Reaction to litmus: Slightly acid.
A 3 per cent solution yields a semi-jelly of about 50 per cent of?
standard.
Total ash (percent)?
     3.12
Copper (mg. per kilo)?
.?.   47.0
Zinc (mg. per kilo)?
1-?630.0
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason?
that a substance, to wit, technical glue, had been substituted in whole or in?
part for gelatin, which the article purported to be. Adulteration was alleged?
for the further reason that the article contained added poisonous and delete??
rious ingredients, to wit, copper and zinc, which might render the article in??
jurious to health.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was an imita??
tion of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article.
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On June"25, 1920, no claimant liuving appeared for the property, a default?
decree of .condemnation, and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
* court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal,
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.