17466. Adulteration of   ether.     U.   S.   v.   280   One-Q,uarter-Pound   Cans   of
Ether. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 24006.    I. S. No. 06388.    S. No. 2276.)
Examination of samples of ether from the herein-described interstate ship- 
ment having shown that it did not conform to the United States Pharma- 
copoeia in that it contained peroxide, a decomposition product, the Secretary
of Agriculture reported the facts to the United States attorney for the North- 
ern District of California.
On September 14, 1929, the United States attorney filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 280 cans of ether at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the- 
article had been shipped by the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, from St. Louis, 
Mo., on February 15, 1928, and had been transported from the State of Missouri 
into the State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food and drugs act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that the ether 
contained peroxide.
The article was labeled in part: " Ether for Anesthesia."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in violation of 
section 7 of the act, paragraph 1, under drugs, in that its strength fell below 
the professed standard or quality under which it was sold, viz: " Ether For 
Anesthesia."
The charge recommended by this department was that the article was adul- 
terated under section 7 of the act, paragraph 1, in the case of drugs, in that 
it was sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, 
and differed from the standard of purity as specified by that authority, since 
it contained peroxide.
On May 10, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.