11145.?Adulteration of chloroform.     U. S. v. KM) Cans of Chloroform.    De?
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 16649.    S. No. C-3718.)
On August 22, 1922, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
Ohio, 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 condem??
nation of 100 cans of chloroform, remaining unsold in the original packages at?
Columbus, Ohio, consigned March 24, 1922, alleging that the article had been?
shipped from New York, N. Y., and transported from the State of New York?
into the State of Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it was turbid and that it contained chlorinated decom??
position 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.
On November 27, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment 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.