1 ?807. Adulteration and Misbranding of ether. TJ. S. v. 213 %-lb. Caws, 
et al., of Either. Defaiilt decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 23872, 23919. 1. S3. NOB. 08525, 08576. 
S. Nos. 2160, 2061.)
On July 3, 1929 and August 9, 1929, respectively, the United States attorney 
for the District of Massachusetts, acting upon reports by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of one hundred and fifteen 1-pound 
cans, one hundred and forty %-pound cans, and two. hundred and thirteen 
%-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 
January 21, March 28, and July 18, 1929, respectively, and transported from 
the State of New York into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adultera- 
tion in regard to a portion of the article, and adulteration and misbranding in 
regard to the remainder thereof, in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part; "Anesthesia Ether."
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that the ether 
contained peroxide.
1t was alleged in the libel 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 purity as determined by the test laid down in said phar- 
macopoeia, in that it contained peroxide.
Misbranding was alleged with respect to a portion of the article for the 
reason that the statement " Ether," borne on the packages containing the said 
article, was false and misleading in that the said statement represented the 
article to be ether as defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia, whereas it 
was not ether as defined in said pharmacopoeia, since it contained peroxide.
On September 30, 1929, 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.
ARTHXJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.