11117. Adnlteration  of chloroform.    TJ.  S.  v.  13 Tins  of  Chloroform.    De??
fault   decree   oi*dering   destruction   of   the   product.     (F.   &   D.   No.
16484.    S. No. E-3997.)
On June 28, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Virginia, 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 12 t'ns of chloroform, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at South Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on or about May 8, 1922, and transported from the State of New York?
into the State of Virginia, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act.    The article was labeled in part: "Chloroform for anesthesia."
Analysis of a sample of the article, by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department, showed that it was turbid, left a foreign odor upon evaporation,?
and contained impurities decomposable by sulphuric acid and chlorinated?
decomposition products.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance 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?
required by the said Pharmacopoeia.
On November 17, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of the court was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the?
United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.?
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