11368.?Adulteration,   and  misbranding-   of  aletris.     TJ.   S.  v.   140   Pounds   of
Aletris. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re??
leased under bond. (F. & D. No. 17285. I. S. No. 2628-v. S. No.?
E-4308.)
On February 16, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District?
of Pennsylvania, 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 condemnation of 140 pounds of aletris, remaining in the original unbroken?
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by Anderson-Hillier Co., Inc., New?
York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from New York, N. Y.,?
on or about November 27, 1922, and transported from the State of New York?
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration and misbranding in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Aletris?
From Anderson-Hillier Co. Inc.   Importers & Drug Millers   Jersey City, N. J."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was?
sold under and by a name recognized in the National Formulary and differed?
from the standard of strength, quality, and parity as determined by the test?
laid down in said National Formulary, official at the time of investigation.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the package containing the?
article bore the statement, "Aletris," regarding the said article and the ingredi??
ents and substances contained therein, which was false and misleading.
On March 10, 1923, the H. K. Mulford Co., Philadelphia, Pa., having entered?
an appearance as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and?
forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be?
released to the said claimant on payment of the costs of the proceedings and the?
execution of a bond in the sum of $200, in conformity with section 10 of the?
act, conditioned in part that it be cleaned under the supervision of this de??
partment.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.