9640. Adulteration and misbranding of gelatin.    U. S.     *     *     *    v. 1 Bar¬
rel  of  Gelatin.     Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and 
destruction.    "(F. & D. No. 9778.    I. S. No. 6076-r.    S. No. C-1085.)
On February 26, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Arkansas, 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 1 barrel of gelatin, at Pine Bluff, Ark., consigned by the W. B. 
Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., on or about November 2, 1918, alleging that the 
article had been shipped from St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of 
Missouri into the State of Arkansas, and charging adulteration and misbrand- 
ing in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part,, 
(barrel) " Technical Gelatine."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that glue and an excessive amount of zinc had been mixed and packed with,, 
and substituted wholly or in part for, gelatin. Adulteration was alleged for 
the further reason that the article contained an added poisonous and deleterious 
ingredient, to wit, zinc, which might render it injurious to health.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement 
"Gelatine" was false and misleading, and for the further reason that the said 
article was an imitation of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name 
of, another article, since it was purchased by the consignee as "A-1 Gelatine."'
On October 2, 1920, 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. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.