74. Adulteration  and misbranding  of  epinephrine  chloride solution.    U.  S. v.
One   Carton  of   Solution  Epinephrine   Chloride.    Default   decree  of  con-
demnation and destruction.    (F. D.  C. No.  596.    Sample No. 51848-D.)
This product had a potency of not more than 65 percent of the requirement of
the United States Pharmacopoeia for epinephrine hydrochloride.
On September 14, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of New,
Jersey filed a libel against one carton, containing seven 1-ounce bottles, of epine-
phrine chloride solution at Camden, N. J., alleging that the article had been
shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 29, 1939, by Harvey-Pitten-
ger Co. from Philadelphia, Pa.; and charging that it was adulterated and mis--
branded.
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be or was repre-
sented as a drug the name of which is recognized in the United States Pharma-
copoeia, and its strength differed from or its quality fell below the standard
set forth in the pharmacopoeia.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the representation in the labeling
that each fluid ounce contained 0.45 grain of epinephrine was false and mi^
leading since it contained less than 0.45 grain of epinephrine in each fluid
ounce.
On October 20, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna-
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.