14557. Adulteration and misbranding of ether.    IT. S. v. 6 Cases, et al., of
Either. Decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 21043, 21045, 21051. I. S. Nos. 1572-x, 
1573-x, 1576-x, 1577-x.    S. Nos. C-5078, C-5079, C-5087.)
On June 4, 1926, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, .filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district libels praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 6 cases, each containing 100 cans, and 479 cans, of ether, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Houston, Tex., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by E. R. Squibb & Sons, from Kansas City, Mo., in various 
consignments, on December 1 and 28, 1925, and February 5 and March 29, 1926, 
respectively, and transported from the State of Missouri into the Stato of 
Texas, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the %ooa ] 
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Ether For Anesthesln *?* 1 
Is superior in vital respects to the ether of the U. S. P." A portion of tne 
article was further labeled, " E. R. Squibb & Sons, New York." 
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Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of samples of the 
article showed that one lot of the ether contained aldehyde and the other two 
lots contained peroxide. 
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was 
sold under a name recognized in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, and differed from 
the standard of quality and purity as prescribed in and determined by the 
tests laid down in said pharmacopoeia, and in that its purity fell below the 
professed standard or quality under which it was sold. 
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements borne on the 
labels of the cans containing the article, " Ether for Anesthesia It Is superior 
in vital respects to the ether of the U. S. P.," were false and misleading.
On August 6, 1926, E. R. Squibb & Sons, New York, N. Y., having appeared 
as claimant for the property, and having confessed the allegations of the libels, 
judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by 
the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of 
the costs of the proceedings and the execution of bonds in the aggregate 
sum of $1,100, conditioned in part that it not be sold again for anesthetic 
purposes and that it be relabeled under the supervision of this department.
W. M. JAKDITJE, Secretary of Agriculture.