15248. Adulteration of Whetlerite (activated charcoal).   IT. S. v. 1,540 Bags
* *   *.    (F. D. C. No. 27068.    Sample No. 46663-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 26,1949, Western District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about June 19, 1948, by the War Assets Administra- 
tion Warehouse Dept., from Detroit, Mich., for the Michlin Chemical Co.
PRODUCT: 1,540 bags of Whetlerite at Mars, Pa. The Michlin Chemical Co. had 
advised the consignee that the material was suitable for use in water purifica- 
tion and chicken feeding. The product was activated charcoal containing 
added copper salts equivalent to from 4.8 percent to 5.3 percent copper.
The product represented sub distributed stocks, declared surplus by the War 
Assets Administration Warehouse Dept., which originally had been prepared 
for use in gas masks, by the Chemical Warfare Service.
LABEL, IN FAET: "Pittsburgh * * * Whetlerite Net Dry Wt. 50 Pounds 
* * * The Barneby-Cheney Engineering Co. * * * Columbus 3, Ohio. 
12/20 AS Type Charcoal."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (1), the product bore or con- 
tained an added poisonous or deleterious substance, copper, which may render 
it injurious to health.
DISPOSITION :   May 23,1949.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.