287. Adulteration and misbranding: of digitalis leaves.    U. S. v. T Bags of Digi
talis Leaves.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C.
No. 2488.    Sample No. 10799-E.)
This product possessed a potency of about 71 percent of the pharmacopoeial
standard for digitalis leaves. Furthermore, it was contained in paper sacks
inclosed in burlap bags and not in waterproof and airtight containers as pre-
scribed in the pharmacopoeia.
On August 5, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District of
New York filed a libel against 7 bags of digitalis leaves at New York, N. Y.,
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about
April 24, 1940, by the Oregon Forest Products from Salem, Oreg.; and charging
that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "2nd
Grade Digitalis.   U. S. P. not Guaranteed."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be and was represented
as a drug the name of which is recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia
but its strength differed from the standard set forth in such compendium.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that it was not packaged as prescribed in
the United States Pharmacopoeia, since it was not contained in waterproof
and airtight containers.
.On September 10, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna-
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.