2970. Adulteration of gelatine.   U. S. v. 2 Cases of Gelatine.   Decree of condemnation by?
consent.   Product ordered destroyed.   (F. & D. No. 4790.   S. No. 1573.)
On November 11, 1912, the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of?
the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 2 cases?
of Keystone Silver White Gelatine, remaining unsold in the original, unbroken pack??
ages and in the possession of J. H. Allen & Co., St. Paul, Minn., alleging that the?
product had been shipped on November 6,1911, by the American Agricultural Chem-?
cal Co., Detroit, Mich., and transported in interstate commerce from the State of?
Michigan into the State of Minnesota, and charging adulteration in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled (on cases): "Keystone Silver White?
Gelatine?The American Agricultural Chemical Co., Michigan Carbon Works, Detroit,?
Mich.?Guaranteed by the American Agricultural Chemical Co., under the Food &?
Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, Serial Number 8300." (On cartons) "One dozen Boxes?
Keystone Silver White Gelatine?Guaranteed under the Food & Drugs Act, June 30,?
1906. No. 8300. Manufactured by American Agricultural Chemical Co., Michigan?
Carbon Works, Gelatine Department, Detroit, Mich.   U.S.A."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel, for the reason that it contained?
an added poisonous or deleterious ingredient which might render it injurious to health;?
that is to say, it contained over 15 parts per million of arsenic trioxid.
On June 14,1913, the said American Agricultural Chemical Co., claimant, having?
consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it?
was ordered by the court that the product should be destroyed by the United States?
marshal.?
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, B.C., March 80, 1914-