960. Adulteration of sulfanilamide tablets.   V. S. v. 3,000 Bottles of Sulfanilamide
Tablets. Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered released
under bond for segregation and destruction or reprocessing; of the con-
taminated portion.     (F. D. C. No. 8962.    Sample No. 18441-F.)
Examination of a sample of this product showed that most of the tablets
were covered with live mold, a species of Aspergillus.
On December 9, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of
New York filed a libel against 3,000 bottles, each containing 1,000 tablets, of
sulfanilamide at Brooklyn, N. T., alleging that the article had been shipped in
interstate commerce on or about November 18,1942, by the Maltbie Chemical Co.,
Newark, N. J.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole
or in part of a filthy substance.
On December 26,1942, the Maltbie Chemical Co., claimant, having admitted the
allegations' of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product
was ordered released under bond to be sorted according to codes and the portion
?For bacterial contamination see Nos. 970-977, 985, 986.
found contaminated either destroyed or reprocessed. Any of the product so
reprocessed was to be further examined and, if not fit for human or medical use,
to be destroyed.
DRUGS ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF DEVIATION FROM OFFICIAL OR
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