83. Adulteration and misbranding; of cod liver oil. IT. S. v. 4 Drums of Cod
Liver Oil. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (IT. D. C.
No. 700.   Sample No. 48434-D.)
This product was labeled as containing 200 A. O. A. C. chick units of vitamin
D per gram, whereas it contained not more than 135 such units of vitamin D
per gram.
On October 9, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota
filed a libel against four 80-gallon drums of cod liver oil at Waseca, Minn.,
*See also N. J. Nos. 96 (Booth's Camphorated Oil and Carbolic Salve), 115, and 123.
July 18, 1939, by the Consumers Import Co., Inc., from New York, N. T.;
and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. It was labeled in
part: "Deluxe 200 U. S. P. Non-destearinated Cod Liver Oil."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength differed from and its
purity fell below that which it purported or was represented to possess.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the representation on the drum that
it had a guaranteed potency per gram of 200 A. O. A. O. units of vitamin D,
was false and misleading as applied to an article containing less than that
number of chick units of vitamin D per gram.
On January 30, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.