10769.?Adulteration   of  chloroform.     17.   S.  v.   50  Cans   of  Chloroform.     De-
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F   & D.
No. 16597.    I. S. No. 14056-t.    S. No. W-1149.)
On or about July 8, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon,?
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?
50 cans, each containing 1 pound of chloroform, remaining in the original un??
broken packages at Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped?
by Charles Pfizer & Co.. Galewood, 111., on or about May 22, 1922, and trans??
ported from the State of Illinois into the State of Oregon, and charging adul??
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in?
part: " One Pound Chloroform U. S. P."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart??
ment showed that it contained impurities decomposable by sulphuric acid.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was?
sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and?
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity, as determined by?
the test laid down in said Pharmacopoeia, official at the time of investigation.
On August 8, 1922. 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.