11764. Adulteration of chloroform.    II.  S. v. 600 Cans of Chloroform.    De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture,  and destruction.     (F. it
D. No. 16588.    I. S. Nos. 23429-t, 23430-t.    S. No. C-3685.)
On July 8, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 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 condemnaiion 
of 600 cans of chloroform at Topeka, Kans., alleging that the article had been 
shipped from New York, N. Y., in part on or about February 24 and in part 
on or about March 6, 1922, and transported from the State of New York into 
the State of Kansas, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Chloroform * * * For 
Anaesthesia."
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it was turbid and that it contained chlorinated decom- 
position 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 said Pharmacopoeia.
On October 26, 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. GOEE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.