6084. Adulteration of gelatin. U. S. * * * v. 5 Barrels of Gela,tin and 1?
Barrel of Gelatin. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.?
Product ordered released on bond. (F. & D. Nos. 8738, 8739. I. S. Nos.?
2858-p, 2859-p, 2860-p.      S. No. E-966.)
On January 22, 1918, the United States attorney for the District of Mary??
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said -district libels praying the seizure and con??
demnation of 5 barrels and 1 barrel of gelatin, remaining in the original un??
broken packages at Baltimore, Md., consigned on or about December 4, 1917,?
alleging that the article had been shipped by Charles J. Stevenot & Co., New?
York, N. Y., and transported from the State of New York into the State of?
Maryland, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was alleged in the libels for the?
reason that glue had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and?
lower and Injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted?
in part for the article. Adulteration of the article was alleged for the further?
reason that it contained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients.
On March 2, 1918, Charles J. Stevenot, trading as Charles J. Stevenot & Co.,?
New York, N. Y., claimant, having consented to a decree, judgment of condem??
nation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product should be released to said claimant upon the payment of the costs of?
the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $900, in conformity?
with section 10 of the act.
CAEL VBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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