29760. Adulteration  and misbranding of  ether.     IT.   S.  v.   10  Cans   of Ether.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 43999. 
Sample No. 30288-D.)
Samples of this product were found to contain benzaldehyde.
On September 27, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 10 cans of ether at
Trenton, N. J.;.alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about October 15, 1937, by the New York Quinine & Chemical Works 
from Brooklyn, N. Y.; and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration was alleged in that the article was sold under a name recognized 
in the United States Pharmacopoeia, i. e., "Ether," but differed from the standard 
of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the tests laid down in the said 
pharmacopoeia, and its own standard of strength, quality, and purity was not 
stated on the label.
Misbranding was alleged in that the statement on the label, "Ether * * * 
U. S. P.," was false and misleading when applied to an article that contained 
benzaldehyde.
On October 28, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.