11731. Adulteration of chloroform.     V. S. v.  100 Cans of Chloroform.    De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 16576.    I. S. No. 13932-t.    S. No. W-1134.)
On July 3, 1922, the United States attorney for the Northern 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 
and condemnation of 100 cans of chloroform, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Dow Chemical Co., from Midland, Mich., on or about March 28, 
1922, and transported from the State of Michigan into the State of California, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: " Purified Chloroform For Anaesthesia Chloroformum 
Purlflcatum, U. S. P."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it was opalescent and that it contained impurities de- 
composable 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 quality, strength, and purity as determined by the 
test laid down in said Pharmacopoeia, official at the time of said shipment.
On May 24, 1923, 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 destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.