29358. Adulteration and misbranding of Solvent PFW 1.    U. S. v. 6%  Bottles
of Solvent PFW 1.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. & D. No. 41278.   Sample No. 52167-C.)
This product was commercial carbitol, a glycol or a glycol ether, or both, 
poisons.
On December 28, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 6% bottles of Solvent 
PFW 1 at Los Angeles, Calif.; alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about June 22, 1937, from New York, N. Y., by 
Polak's Frutal Works, Inc.; and charging adulteration and misbranding in
violation of the Food and Drugs Act   The article was labeled in part: "Polak's 
Frutal Works Amersfoort Holland    *    *    *    Solvent PFW 1."
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 Solvent 
PFW 1, a food-flavor solvent.
Misbranding was alleged in that the statement "Solvent PFP 1" was false 
and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser when applied 
to an article containing a glycol or a glycol ether, or both, poisons.
On August 17, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.