10781.?Adulteration and misbranding of neosalvarsan.    IT. S. v. 1047 Pae'Jk-
nges of Neosalvarsan. Default decree of condemnation, for??
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 15786. I. S. Nos. 9807-t, 9808-t.?
S. No. E-3808.)
On March 20, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Porto?
Rico, 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 con??
demnation of 1047, more or less, packages of an article purporting to be?
neosalvarsan, remaining unsold in the original packages at Caguas, Porto Rico,?
alleging that the article had been transported into Porto Rico, and charging?
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Dru,gs Act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that a portion of it consisted of sodium chlorid, and that?
the remainder consisted of sodium bicarbonate, colored yellow with methyl?
orange.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that its?
strength and purity fell below the professed standard of quality under which?
it was sold.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Neosalvarsan "?
was false and misleading, and for the further reason that the article was
an?
imitation of another article.
On August 1, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.