673. Adulteration of chloroform.    U. S. v. City Chemical Corporation and  Max
Wolpert.    Plea of guilty.    Corporation and Max Wolpert both fined $100.'
 (F. D. C. No. 6404.   Sample NOB. 47480-E, 50848-E.)
This product differed from the pharmacopoeial standard ^ because of the pres-
ence of excessive carbonizable substances in both lots and of chlorinated decompo-
sition products in one.
On February 18, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of New
Jersey filed an information against the City Chemical Corporation, Newark,
N J., and Max Wolpert, an officer of said corporation, alleging shipment on
oi about May 2-7, 1941, from the State of New Jersey into the States of Illinois
and Maryland, of a quantity of chloroform that was adulterated.
The article 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 quality or purity fell below the standard set forth in
* See also'Nos. 856. 657, 688'. and 672.
such compendium since it contained carbonizable substances in excess of the
maximum provided by the pharmacopoeia, and (in one lot) chlorinated de-
composition products and its difference in quality or purity from said standard
was not plainly stated on the label.
On February 24, 1942, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the
defendants, the court imposed a fine of $50 against the corporation and the
individual defendant on each of the two counts.