25821. Adulteration  and misbranding of nitrous  oxide.     IT.  S.  v.   15  Cylinders
of Nitrous Oxide. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction of the contents of the cylinders. (F. & D. no. 35745. Sam- 
ple no. 30390-B.)
This product contained a larger percentage of gases uncondensed at the 
temperature of liquid air than was permitted by the United States Pharma- 
copoeial standard.
On July 8, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 15 cylinders of 
nitrous oxide at Brooklyn, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about September 27, 1934, by Wall Chemicals, 
Inc., Detroit, Mich., from that place to Brooklyn, N. Y., and charging adultera- 
tion and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: (Cylinder) "Nitrous Oxide."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was sold under a name 
recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and differed from the stand- 
ard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the test laid down in 
said pharmacopoeia.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the label, 
"Nitrous Oxide", was false and misleading.
On February 25, 1936, no claimant having appeared, a default decree of 
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction of the contents of the cylinders was 
entered.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.