X1782. Adulteration, of coal-tar color. V. S. v. 1 Can of Coal-Tar Color- 
Default   decree   of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction-
(F. & D. No. 14673.    I. S. No. 2340-t.    S. No. C-2893.)
On March 24, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Ohio, 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 1 can of coal-tar color, remaining in the original un- 
broken package at Dennison, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., from St. Louis, Mo., on or about March 3, 3921, 
and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Ohio, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: " W. B. Wood Mfg. Co. * *- * St. Louis * * * 
Complies With All Requirements * * * Quality Color * * * Number 
112 Contents Red."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that 
sodium chloride and sodium sulphate had been mixed and packed with and 
substituted wholly or in part for the said article. Adulteration was alleged 
for the further reason that the article contained an added poisonous or dele- 
terious ingredient, arsenic, which might render it injurious to health.
On June 15, 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.
HOWABD M. GOBE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.