9012. Adulteration and Misbranding of gelatin.   U. S.   *   *   *   v. 1 Barrel of Gelatin.   De- 
fault decree of destruction.   (F. & D. No. 10739.   I. S. No. 16175-r.   S. No. E-1605.)
On July 12, 1919, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 
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 condemnation of 1 barrel, 
containing 200 pounds of gelatin, at Tampa, Fla., consigned by W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., 
St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about March 1, 1919, 
and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Florida, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. ¦ The article 
was labeled. "Gelatine   W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that glue had 
been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in part for gelatin, and for 
the further reason that said article contained added poisonous or other added dele- 
terious ingredients, to wit, zinc and copper, which might render the article injurious 
to health.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was labeled "Gelatine/! 
whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not gelatin, in that it contained glue and added 
poisonous and other deleterious ingredients, and for the further reason that it was an 
imitation of, and offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article.
On January 11, 1921, no claimant having appeared for the property, an order was 
entered, finding that the product was subject to condemnation, and it was decreed 
by the court that said product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.