13671. Adulteration   of   chloroform.     TJ.   S.   v.   195   Tins   of   Chloroform.      De 
fault decree  of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 16508.     S. No.  E-4011.)
On July 1, 1922, the United States attorney for the Western District of New 
York, 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 195 tins of chloroform, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Rochester, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from 
Philadelphia, Pa., between the dates of December 16, 1921, and January 21, 
1922, and transported from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New 
York, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Tin) " % Lb. Net Chloroform * * * For 
Anaesthesia."
Analysis 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 con- 
tained hydrochloric acid.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was 
sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and 
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by 
test laid down in said pharmacopoeia.
On September 12, 1922, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.