11585.?Adulteration of chloroform.     U.  S. v. 35 Cans  of Chloroform.     De?
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  &
D. No. 16632.    S. No. E-4058.)
On or about July 15, 1922, the United States attorney for the Western District?
of South Carolina, 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 and condemnation of 35 cans of chloroform at Abbeville, S. C, alleg??
ing that the article had been shipped from New York, N. Y., on or about May?
20, 1922, and transported from the State of New York into the State of South?
Carolina, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
The article was labeled in part: "Chloroform for Anaesthesia."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it was turbid, upon evaporation it left a foreign odor,
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and   it  contained  chlorids,   impurities   decomposable  by  sulphuric   acid,   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 the said Pharmacopoeia, official at the time of investiga??
tion.
On November 15, 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.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.