12133. Adulteration  of  ehloroform.    TJ.  S.  v.   90  Tin  Packages  of   Chloro 
form for Anesthesia.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 16445.    I. S. No. 9532-t.     S. No. E-3973.)
On June 21, 1922, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Georgia, 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 90 tin packages of chloroform for anesthesia, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the article 
had been shipped from New York, N. Y., May 18, 1922, and transported from 
the State of New York into the State of Georgia, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it was turbid, upon evaporation it left a foreign odor, 
and it contained hydrochloric acid, impurities decomposable by sulphuric 
acid, and chlorinated decomposition products.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
was sold under and by a name, to wit, chloroform, 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, official 
at the time of investigation.
On March 11, 1924, 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.
C. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.