5860. Adulteration and misbranding of gelatin. U. S. * * * v. 2 Barrels 
of Gelatin. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released on bond. (F. & D. No. 8442. I. S. No. 9409-p. S. No. 
C-735.)
On August 20, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con- 
demnation of two barrels of gelatin, remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages at Omaha, Nebr., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about December 29, 1916, by W. K. Jahn Co., Chicago, Ill., and trans- 
ported from the State of Illinois into the State of Nebraska, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was invoiced as " XXX Gelatine."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
certain substance, to wit, glue, had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had 
been substituted in part for the article, and for the further reason that said 
product contained added poisonous and deleterious ingredients composed of 
copper and zinc which might render the article injurious to health.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was an imita- 
tion of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, 
to wit, gelatin.
On September 15, 1917, the said W. K. Jahn Co., claimant, having consented 
to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it 
was ordered by the court that the product should be released to said claimant 
upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a 
bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
CARL VBOOHAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.