115S3. Adulteration  of chloroform,     ir.  S. v.  5)6 Tins  of  Chloroform.     De??
fault   decree of condemnation, forfeitm-e, and destruction.     (F,  &
D. No. 104 40.     S. No. E-3968.)
On June 21, 1922, the United States attorney for the Middle District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in?
'the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the?
seizure and condemnation of 96 tins of chloroform, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Harrisburg, Pa., alleging that the article had been?
?shipped from New York, N. Y., on or about May 17, 1922, and transported?
from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled?
in part: "Chloroform for Anaesthesia."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it was turbid, upon evaporation it left a foreign odor,?
and it contained hydrochloric acid, impurities decomposable by sulphuric acid,?
odorous decomposition products, and chlorinated decomposition products.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that?
it was sold under and by a name, to wit, chloroform, which is recognized in?
the United States Pharmacopoeia, and differed from the standard of strength,?
quality, and purity as determined by the test laid down in said Pharmacopoeia,?
?official at the time of the investigation.
On August 9, 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.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.