11887. Adulteration of chloroform. XJ. S. v. 100 Cans of Chloroform. De??
fault decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product disposed of?
according- to law. (F. & D. No. 16575. I. S. No. 13971-t. S. No.?
W-1132.)
On July 5, 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 praying the seizure
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and condemnation of 100 cans of chloroform, remaining in the original unoroKen?
packages at Los Angeles, Calif., consigned by the Powers-Weightman-Rosen-?
garten Co., alleging that the article had been shipped from St. Louis, Mo.,?
January 12, 1922, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State?
of California, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act. The article was labeled in part: " One Pound * * * Chloroform U. S. P.?
Contains about 1 per cent. Alcohol * * * Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten?
Co. Philadelphia."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it was turbid and contained chlorid and impurities?
decomposable by sulphuric acid.
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 July 25, 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. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.