11752. Adulteration of coal-tar color.     U. S. v. 1 Pound of Yellow Coal-Tar
Color, et al. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 14705, 14706, 14785, 14798, 14813. I. S. Nos. 
1695-t, 1699-t, 1700-t, 2555-t, 2560-t, 2564-t. S. Nos. C-2957, C-2959, 
C-2964, C-2969, C-2978.)
On April 13, 14, and 26, 1921, respectively, the United States attorney for 
the Western District of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
libels praying the  seizure  and condemnation of 4 cans of  yellow  coal-tar
color, 2 cans of red coal-tar color, and 1 can of purple coal-tar color, in various 
lots at Ruston, Winnfield, Opelousas, Lake Charles, and Kinder, La., respec- 
tively, alleging that the article had been shipped by the W. B. Wood Mfg. 
Co., St. Louis, Mo., between the dates of May 10, 1920, and March 15, 1921, 
and had been transported from the State of Missouri into the State of 
Louisiana, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The labels of the said article bore the statement, " 1 Lb. Net * * * W. 
B. Wood Mfg. Co. * * * St. Louis, Mo.," and the statements, "Red," 
" Yellow," or " Purple," as the case might be.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that 
sodium chloride and sodium sulphate had been mixed and packed with and 
substituted wholly or in part for the article. Adulteration was alleged for 
the further reason that the article contained an added poisonous or deleterious 
ingredient, to wit, arsenic, which might render it injurious to health.
On May 17 and June 1, 1923, 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.
HOWARD M. GOBE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.