11037.?Adulteration  of  chloroform.     II.   S.  v.  66  Cans   of  Chloroform.     De?
fault deeree of condemnation, forfeiture,  and  destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 16592.    I. S. No. 14133-t.    S. No. W-1140.)
On July 7, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado,?
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 con??
demnation of 66 cans of chloroform, consigned by Merck & Co., St. Louis, Mo.,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., alleging?
that the article had been shipped from St. Louis, Mo., on or about May 16,?
1922, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Colorado,?
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article?
was labeled in part: " Poison 1 lb. * * * Chloroform Merck * * *?
U. S. P. IX."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it contained small amounts of chlorid and chlorinated?
decomposition products.
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 29, 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.
O. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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