12.. Misbranding of Cachets Algocratine. V. S. v. 224 Boxes of Cachets Algoera-
tine. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 193.
Sample No. 69701-D.)
This product contained phenacetin (acetophenetidin), aminopyrine, and a
small proportion of caffeine. It would be dangerous to health when used in the
dosage or with the frequency or duration prescribed, recommended, or suggested
in the labeling, in which it was represented that each cachet contained 4? grains
of phenacetin, a derivative of acetanilid, and that it be taken in the dosage of
one cachet, to be repeated in an hour if required, and that it was rarely necessary
to exceed a daily dose of three or four.
On March 7, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern District of
New York filed a libel against 224 boxes of Cachets Algocratine at New York,
N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped from Paris, France, by E.
Lancosme, arriving at the Port of New York on or about August 18, 1938; and
charging that it was misbranded for the reasons appearing above.
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.