1015. Adulteration and misbranding of cod liver oil. U. S. v. The Swiftlde Co. Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $100. (F. D. C. No. 8783. Sample Nos. 71520-E, 80695-E.) On January 18, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of Maine filed an information against the Swiftide Co., Portland, Maine, alleging shipment on or about February 7 and April 4, 1942, from the State of Maine into the States of Missouri and Ohio of a number of drums of cod liver oil. The article was labeled in part: "Swiftide Brand Cod Liver Oil." It was alleged to be adulterated in that it was represented as a drug the name of which, cod liver oil, is recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, an official compendium, but its quality fell below the standard set forth therein since that compendium provides that cod liver oil does not have a ra,ncid odor, that not more 1 cc. of tenth-normal sodium hydroxide is required to neutralize the acids contained in 2 grams thereof, and that, when tested for non-destearinated cold liver oil, the oil remains fluid and does not deposit stearin, whereas the article had a rancid odor, required tenth-normal sodium hydroxide in amounts varying from 1.8 to 5.18 cc. to neutralize the free acids contained in 2 grams of the article, and the Missouri lot, when tested for non-destearinated cod liver oil, produced a solid mass, indicating that such lot was non-destearinated, and the standard of quality and purity was not declared on its label. The Missouri lot was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement in its labeling, "Guaranteed to Contain Not Less Than 200 A. O. A. O. Units Vitamin D Not Less Than 1000 Units Vitamin A per Gramme of Oil," was false and mis- leading since it contained not more than 100 A. O. A. C. units of vitamin D and not more than 700 U. S. P. units of vitamin A per gram. The Ohio lot was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement in its label- ing, "Guaranteed to Contain Not Less Than 200 A. O. A. C. Units Vitamin D * * * per Gramme of Oil," was false and misleading since it contained not more than 85 A. O. A. C. units of vitamin D per gram. On September 29, 1943, the defendant having entered a plea of nolo contendere, the court imposed a fine of $100.