1062. Adulteration and misbranding of sodium phosphate.    U. S. v. 5 Cases of
Sodium  Phosphate.    Default   decree  of  condemnation  and  destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 9784.    Sample No. 7052-F.)
Examination showed that the contents of some packages of this product lost
weight, upon drying, in excess of 50 percent (maximum, 58.49 percent), whereas
the United States Pharmocopoeia provides that sodium phosphate loses not more
than 50 percent in weight upon drying.   The product was also short weight.
On April 9,1943, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri
filed a libel against 5 cases, each containing 144 cans, of sodium phosphate at
St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce
by the War Department, from New York, N. T., on or about March 18, 1943; and
charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in
part: "? lb. Net Sodium Phosphate U. S. P. * * * Industrial Distributors,
Inc New York, N. Y."
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, an official compendium, but its strength differed from and its
quality fell below the standard set forth therein. It was alleged to be misbranded
in that it failed to bear a label containing an accurate statement of the quantity
of the contents of the package.
On May 27, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.