20884. Adulteration of ether. U. S. v. Three 5-Pound Cans and Twelve 
1-Pound Cans of Ether. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 29669. Sample nos. 30743-A, 
30745-A.)
This case involved the interstate shipment of a quantity of ether, samples of 
which were found to contain peroxide, a decomposition product.
On December 29, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 
three 5-pound cans and twelve 1-pound cans of ether at Seattle, Wash., alleging 
that the article had been shipped on or about July 1, 1932, by the Blumauer 
Frank Drug Co., from Portland, Oreg., to Seattle, Wash., and charging adulter- 
ation in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part : 
" Ether for Anesthesia Mallinckrodt Chemical Works."
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 as determined by tests laid down in said pharmaco- 
poeia and its own standard was not stated on the label.
On February 15, 1933, 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.
R. G. TUGWELL, Actmff Secretary of Agriculture.