24105. Adulteration  and misbranding of  chloroform.     U.   S. v.  17  Bottles 
of Chloroform.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. no. 34224.    Sample no. 20605-B.)
This case involved a shipment of chloroform which failed to conform to the 
test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia for substances decomposable 
by sulphuric acid.
On October 31, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in. the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 quarter-pound 
bottles of chloroform at Buffalo, N. T., consigned by the J. T. Baker Chemical 
Co., Phillipsburg, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 19, 1934, from Phillipsburg, N. J., and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: " Chloroform USP."
The article was alleged to be 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 test laid down in the 
said pharmacopoeia, and its own standard was not stated upon the label.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label " Chlo- 
roform USP ", was false and misleading.
On November 28, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. li. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.