11732. Adulteration  and  misbranding?  of  chloroform.     TJ.   S.  v.  39  J-Ponnd
Tins of Chloroform.    Decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and de- 
struction.     (F. & D. No. 16656.    S. No. E-4077.)
On or about August 21, 1922, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of West Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel 
praying the seizure and condemnation of 39 i-pound tins of chloroform, remain- 
ing in the original unbroken packages at Clarksburg, W. Va., consigned prior
to and arriving at Clarksburg on or about March 27, 1922, alleging that the 
article had been shipped from New York, N. Y., and transported from the 
State of New York into the State of West Virginia, and charging adulteration 
and misbranding 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 de- 
partment showed that it was turbid, upon evaporation it left a foreign odor, 
and it contained hydrochloric acid, impurities decomposable by sulphuric acid 
and chlorinated decomposition products.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by 
the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the article was 
branded as containing chloroform for anesthesia, which brand was false, mis- 
leading, and deceptive for the reason that the said tins did not contain chloro- 
form fit for anesthesia.
On May 24, 1923, an order pro confesso having been entered with respect to 
the libel, 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. GOBE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.