709. Misbranding: of solution of citrate of magmesia.    U. S. v. 1,434 Bottles of
Citrate of Magnesia. Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered
delivered to a charitable institution. (P. D. C. No. 7421. Sample No.
78814-E.)
The labeling of this product failed to bear adequate warnings; to give the
name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and
to bear an accurate statement of the quantity of contents.
On April 30, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western District of Penn-
sylvania filed a libel against 1,434 bottles of citrate of magnesia at Pittsburgh,
Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about
March 2, 1942, by S. D. C. Laboratories, Inc., from Buffalo, N. Y.; and charging
that it was misbranded.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that (1) its labeling failed to bear
adequate warnings against use in those pathological conditions where its use
might be dangerous to health or against unsafe duration of administration in
such manner and form as are necessary for the protection of users, since there
was no warning that it should not be used when abdominal pain, nausea, vomit-
ing, or other symptoms of appendicitis are present, or that frequent or continued
use might result in dependence on laxatives to move the bowels; (2) it failed
to bear a label containing the name and place of business of the manufacturer,
packer, or distributor; and (3) in that it was in package form and its label failed
to bear an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents.
On May 19,1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the product was ordered delivered to a charitable institution.