11175.?Adulteration  of chloroform.     V.  S.  v. 98 Cans   of  Chloroform.    De?
cree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.     Product   disposed   of  ac??
cording to law.     (P. & D. No. 16598.    I. S. No. 14001-t.    S. No. W-1148.)
On July 10, 1922, the United States attorney for the Southern District of?
California, 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 98 cans of chloroform, remaining in the original un??
broken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., consigned by the Roessler & Hasslacher?
Chemical Co., New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped?
from New York, N. Y., on or about May 22, 1922, and transported from the?
State of New York into the State of California, 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 contained chlorids, odorous decomposi??
tion products, 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 investiga??
tion.
On October 2, 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 disposed of according to law.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.