11302.?Adulteration of chloroform. TJ. S. v. 13 Tins and 16 Tins of Chloro??
form.    Default   decrees   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 16638, 16660.    S. Nos. E-4059, E-4060.)
On or about July 19 and 28, 1922, respectively, the United States attorney?
for the Eastern District of North Carolina, acting upon reports by the Secretary?
of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district?
libels praying the seizure and condemnation of 28 tins of chloroform, remain??
ing in the original unbroken packages in part at Southport and in part at?
Wendell, N. C, alleging that the article had been shipped from New York, N. Y.,?
in part on or about March 13 and in part on or about April 13, 1922, and?
transported from the State of New York into the State of North Carolina, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was?
labeled in part: " Chloroform for Anesthesia."
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it was turbid, that upon evaporation it left a foreign?
odor, and that it contained hydrochloric acid, impurities decomposable by?
sulphuric acid, and chlorinated decomposition products.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that?
it was sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharma-
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copoeia, and differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as de??
termined by the test laid down in said Pharmacopoeia, official at the time of?
examination.
On November 10 and December 15, 1922, respectively, no claimant having?
appeared for the property, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were?
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.