18201. Adulteration of chloroform.     U. S. -v. 160 Cans  of Chloroform.    De 
fault     decree     of     condemnation,     forfeiture,     and     destruction.
(F. & D. No. 16579.    S. No. E-4023.)
Examination of samples of chloroform from the shipment herein described 
having shown that it failed to meet the pharmacopceial requirements, the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the 
Eastern District of New York.
On July 10, 1922, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 160 cans of chloroform at Jamaica, N. T., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce from Philadelphia, Pa., between the dates 
of December 16, 1921 and January 21, 1922, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated^ in violation of 
section 7 of the act, paragraph 1, in the case of drugs, that is to say, it was sold 
under and by 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 official at the time of the investiga- 
tion, since an analysis showed the product to be turbid, instead of clear, that 
upon evaporation it left a foreign odor, it contained hydrochloric acid, and 
contained impurities decomposable by sulphuric acid, also chlorinated decompo- 
sition products.
On April 24,1931, 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.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.