12462. Adulteration of coal-tar color.     U.  S. v.  1 Can of Coal-Tar  [Color]-
Default    decree    of    condemnation,    forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 14674.    I. S. No. 12756-t.    S. No. C-2896.)
On March 26, 1921, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Texas, 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] at Sulphur Springs, Texas, alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Wood Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo., [on or 
about] March 2, 1921, and transported from the State of Missouri into the- 
State of Texas, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs 
act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) "5 Lbs. Net * * * W. B. 
Wood Mfg. Co. * * * St. Louis, Mo. * * * Complies With All* 
Requirements   *    *    *   Number 10 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 a substitute 
[and substituted] wholly or in part for the said article, and for the further 
reason that it contained an added poisonous and deleterious ingredient, arsenic, 
which rendered it injurious to health.
On February 18, 1924, 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.
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HOWARD M. GOSE, Secretary of Agriculture.