18469. Adulteration  and  Misbranding of  ether.    U.   S.  v.  Twenty-four  1-
Pound Cans of Ether. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 26049. I. S. Nos. 24419, 24420. 
S. No. 4352.)
Samples of ether from the shipments herein described haying been found to' 
contain peroxide, a decomposition product, the Secretary of Agriculture re- 
ported the matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois.
On March 20, 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 twenty-four 1-pound cans of ether at Chicago, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the General Chemical Co., in part from Marcus 
Hook, Pa., November 24, 1930, and in part from Philadelphia, Pa., January 3, 
1931, and had been transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State 
of Illinois, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act.   The article was labeled in part: "Ether U. S. P."
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 dif- 
fered from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the 
tests laid down in the said pharmacopoeia official at the time of the investiga- 
tion, and its own standard was not stated upon the label.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
" Ether U. S. P.," was false and misleading.
On May 29, 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.
ABTHXJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.