1072. Adulteration and misbranding of zinc oxide ointment.    TJ. S. v. 70 Jars of
Zinc Oxide Ointment.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 10023.    Sample No. 24694-F.)
Examination showed that this product contained not more than 15.43 percent
of zinc oxide.
On May 27, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland filed
a libel against 70 jars of zinc oxide ointment at Perry Point, Md., alleging that
the article had been shipped from Long Island City, N. Y., on or about February 8,
1943,?by Cole Laboratories, Inc.; and charging that it was adulterated and mis-
branded. The article was labeled in part: "Retort Pharmaceutical Co. * * *
Long Island City, 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 Phar-
macopoeia, an official compendium, but its strength differed from the standard set
forth therein since the compendium provides that zinc oxide ointment shall con-
tain not less than 18.5 percent of zinc oxide, whereas the article contained less
than 18.5 percent of zinc oxide, and its difference in strength from the standard
set forth In the Pharmacopoeia was not plainly stated on its label.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Unguentum Zinci Oxidi
Zinc Oxide Ointment U. S. P.," appearing on the label, was false and misleading
since the article did not comply with the United States Pharmacopoeia standards.
On June 28, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.