18662. Adulteration of fluid extract of ergot. TJ. S. v. 1 Gallon of Fluid 
Extract of Ergot. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 26252.    I. S. No. 24824.    S. No. 4588.)
Samples of fluid extract of ergot having been found to be practically inert 
with regard to ergot potency, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.
On April 18, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 1 gallon of the said fluid extract of ergot, remaining in the original 
package at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped by Allaire 
Woodward & Co., from Peoria, Ill., on or about February 27, 1931, and had 
been transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Missouri, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article at 
the time of shipment was labeled in part: " Fluid Extract Ergot."
It 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 strength as determined by the test laid down in the said 
pharmacopoeia, and its own standard of strength was not stated on the 
container.
On June 30, 1931, 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.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.