1035. Adulteration   and   misbranding   of  gauze   bandage.     U.   S.   v.   102  Dozen
Packages of Gauze Bandage. Default decree of condemnation and de-
struction.    (F. D. C. No. 8646.    Sample No. 12139-F.)
On October 28, 1942, the United States attorney for the Western District of
Washington filed a libel against 102 packages of gauze bandage at Seattle,
Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or
about July 25, 1942, from New York, N. Y., by C. I. Lee and Co.; and charging
that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part:
"Gauze Bandage 2 Inch * * * Distributors Chatham Sundries Co. New
York, N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its purity and quality fell
below that which it purported and was represented to possess, "Sterilized."
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement appearing in its labeling
"Sterilized after packaging," was misleading since it created the impression
that the article was sterile, whereas it was not sterile but was contaminated
with living gram-positive spore-bearing bacilli.
On September 16, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna-
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.