240. Adulteration and misbranding of gauze bandage. U. S. -v. 911^2 Gross Pack-- ages of Gauze Bandage. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 2610. Sample No. 2725-E.) This product had been shipped in interstate commerce and was in interstate commerce at the-time Of examination, at which time it was found" to contain viable micro-organisms. The bandages becupied approximately 44 percent of the space in the carton.1^-?;?' ;v On August 19, 1940, tlfe United States-attorney for the District of Massachu- setts filed a libel against 9*?2 gross packages of gauze bandages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped in- interstate commerce on or about July 16, 1940, by the Meditex Supply Co, from New York, N. Y.; and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "Gauze Bandage Sterilized After Packing Meditex." It was alleged to be adulterated in that its purity or quality fell below that which it purported or was represented to possess, namely, "Sterilized," since it was not sterile, but was contaminated with viable micro-organisms. It was alleged to be misbranded in that the representation on the carton-that it had been sterilized after packing was false and misleading as applied to an article which was not sterile. It was alleged to be misbranded further in that its container was so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading. On September 16, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condem- nation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.