29177. Adulteration and misbranding of Glycol No. 7.    TJ. S. v. 1'Me Gallons of
Glycol Wo. 7.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 41407.    Sample No. 1801-D.)
This product was commercial garbitol, a glycol or a glycol ether, or both, 
poisons.
On January 12, 1938, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of the gallons of Glycol No. 7 
at San Antonio, Tex.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 21, 1937, from Cincinnati, Ohio, by Fries & 
Fries, Inc.; and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Glycol No. 7, Fries & Fries, 
Mfg. Chemists, Cincinnati, Ohio."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that a poisonous substance, a glycol or a 
glycol ether, or both, had been substituted in whole or in part for glycol No. 
7, a food-flavor solvent, which it purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged in that the statement "Glycol No. 7" was false and 
misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser when applied to a 
poison unfit for use as a food-flavor solvent; and in that it was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article, "Glycol No. 7," a food-flavor 
solvent.
On May 4, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.