19474. Adulteration of ether.    U. S. v. 50 Half-Found Cans  of Ether.     De¬
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 28386.    I. S. No. 10837-A.)
Samples of ether from the shipment herein described having been found to 
contain peroxide, a decomposition product, the Secretary of Agriculture re- 
ported the matter to the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania.
On June 9, 1932, 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 50 half-pound cans of ether, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, from New York, N. Y., on or about April 30, 
1932, and had been transported from the State of New York into the State of 
Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
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 as determined by tests laid down in the 
said pharmacopoeia official at the time of investigation, and its own standard 
was not stated on the label.
On June 30, 1932, 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.