18945. Adulteration and Misbranding of ether. U. S. v. Fifteen 1-Pound 
Cans of Ether. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 26303.    I. S. No. 22069.    S. No. 4617.)
Examination of 10 cans of ether from the shipment herein described showed 
that peroxide, a decomposition product, was present in 4 of the cans examined, 
and that aldehyde was present in 1 can.
On April 28, 1931, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of fifteen 1-pound cans of ether, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the New York Quinine & Chemical Works, from Brooklyn, 
N. Y., on or about March 11, 1931, and had been transported from the State 
of New York into the State of California, and charging adulteration and mis- 
branding 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 differed 
from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the tests 
laid down in the said pharmacopoeia, and its own standard was not stated on 
the label.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
" Ether U. S. P.," was false and misleading.
On September 30, 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.
AETHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.