X2240. Adulteration of coal-tar color. V. S. vt 1 Can, et al., of Coal-Tar 
Color. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction. (B\ & D. Nos. 14782, 14783. I. S. Nos. 504-t, 1596-t. S. New. 
C-2963,  C-2966.)
On April 12 and 14, 1921, respectively, the United States attorney for the 
Southern District of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels pray- 
ing the seizure and condemnation of 1 can containing 5 pounds and 3 cans, 
each containing 1 pound of coal-tar color, in part at Springfield and in part 
at Cincinnati, Ohio, consigned by the W. B. Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., 
on or about March 15 and 22, 1921, respectively, alleging that the article 
had been shipped from St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Mis- 
souri into the State of Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "5 Lbs. Net" (or "1 Lb. 
Net") "* * * W. B. Wood Mfg. Co. * * * St. Louis, Mo. * * * 
Complies With All Requirements Warranted    *    *    *   Contents Bed."
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 said article. Adulteration was alleged for 
the further reason that the article contained an added poisonous or deleterious 
ingredient, arsenic, which might render it injurious to health.
On November 15, 1921, and February 25, 1924, respectively, no claimant hav- 
ing 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.
HOWAED M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.