6479. Adulteration and misbranding of oil of bireii. TJ. S. * * * v. Two?
50-Poxuad Tins of Oil of Birefo. Consent decree of condemnation,?
and  foi'feiture.     Product  ordered  released  on  liosid.      (F.   &  D.   No.
9670.    I. S. No. 12675-r.    S. No. E-1230.)
On February 7, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Massa??
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel of information praying?
the seizure and condemnation of two tins, each containing 50 pounds of oil of?
birch, at Boston, Mass., consigned on or about December 27, 1918, alleging that?
the article had been shipped by Charles V. Sparhawk, New York, N. Y., and?
transported from the State of New York into the State of Massachusetts, and?
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel of information for the?
reason that it consisted in whole or in part of synthetic methyl salicylate, which?
had been mixed and packed therewith; and for the further reason that it was?
sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia,?
which differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined?
by the tests therein laid down, and fell below the professed standard and?
quality under which it was sold, and for the further reason that it was an?
imitation of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another?
article, to wit, oil of birch, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was not.
On February 26, 1919, the said Charles V. Sparhawk, claimant, having filed?
satisfactory bond in conformity with section 10 of the act, judgment of con??
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product should be delivered to said claimant upon the payment of the costs of?
the proceedings.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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