84S3. Adulteration of gelatin. U. S. ' * * * v. 10 Barrels of Gelatin?
Matter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product?
released on bond.     (F. & D. No. 10807.     I. S. No. Ic5038~r.     S. No. E-15?l.)
On July 3, 1919, tlie United States attorney for the Northern District of New?
York,- 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 10 barrels of gelatin matter, at Albany, N. Y., alleging that the article?
had been shipped by the J. O. Whitten Co., Boston (Winchester), Mass, Feb??
ruary 8, 1919, and transported from the State of Massachusetts into the State?
of New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act.?
Adulteration of. the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that it contained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients, to wit,?
excessive amounts of arsenic and copper, which rendered said product injurious?
to health and unfit and dangerous for human consumption.
On October 20, 1919, the J. O. Whitten Co., Winchester, Mass., having filed a?
claim for the property without denying any material allegation in the libel,?
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered .by?
the court that the product be delivered to said claimant upon payment of the?
costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond, in conformity with section?
10 of the act.
B. D. BALL, Acthiff Secretary of Agriculture.