11690.?Adulteration of coal-tar color.     V.  S.  v.  1  Can,  et al.,  of Red  Coal-
Tar Color. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, arid, de??
struction. (F. & D. Nos. 14661, 14662. I. S. Nos. 3691-t, 5847-t. S. Nos.?
E-3191, EV-3202.)
On May 3, 1921, the United States attorney for the Western District of Penn??
sylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure and
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condemnation of 2 cans of red coal-tar color, 1 c,an each at Irwin and Dubois,?
Pa., respectively, alleging that .the article had,been shipped by the W. B. Wood?
Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., on or about February 28, 1921, and transported from?
the State of Missouri into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adultera??
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part:?
(Can) "1 Lb. Net * * * W. B. Wood Mfg. Co. * * * St. Louis, Mo.?
* * * Complies With All Requirements * * * Quality Color * * * Num??
ber 112 Contents Bed."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that?
sodium sulphate and sodium chlorid had been mixed and packed with and sub??
stituted wholly or in part for the said article. Adulteration was alleged for the?
further reason that the article contained an added poisonous or deleterious?
ingredient, namely, arsenic, which might render it injurious to health.
On June 26, 1923, 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.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.