17941. Adulteration of ether.    U. S. v. 49 Half-pound Cans of Ether.    De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. &
OD. No. 25647.    I. S. No. 11682.    S. No. 3931.)
Samples of ether from the herein-described shipment having been found to 
contain peroxide, a decomposition product, the Seeretary of Agriculture re- 
ported the matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California.
On January 8, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of forty-nine %-pound cans of ether, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the artiele had 
been shipped by the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, from St. Louis, Mo., on 
or about June 18, 1929, and transported from the State of Missouri into the 
State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act.   The article was labeled in part: "Ether for Anesthesia."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was 
sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, and differed 
from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the tests 
laid down in said pharmacopoeia.
On January 23, 1931, 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.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.