17831. Adulteration and Misbranding of ether. XT. S. v. One "hundred and 
twenty-five 1-Pound Cans, et al., of Ipther. Default decrees of 
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 25201, 
25247.    I. S. Nos. 3072, 3073, 4929.    S. NoS. 3480, 3536.)
Samples of ether from the herein-described interstate shipments having 
been found to contain peroxide and aldehyde,' indicatihg deterioration, the 
Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to" the United States attorney for 
the District of Massachusetts'.
On October 15 and October 29, 1930, the United States attorney filed in -the 
United States District Court libels* praying seizure and condemnation of two 
hundred and thirty-eight 1-pound cans of ether, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the American Solvents & Chemical Corporation, from Albany, N. Y., in
various consignments on or about September; 10, September-17, and September 
22, 1930, respectively^ and "had. been 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. The article was labeled in part: 
" Ether U. S. P. X."
Analyses of samples of the article by this department showed that the ether 
contained peroxide and aldehyde.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it was 
sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and differed 
from the standard of strength, quality, or purity as determined by the test 
laid down by said pharmacopoeia official at the time of investigation, and its 
own standard was not stated upon the label,
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
" Ether U. S. P. X.," was false and misleading.
On November 24, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AETHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.