1169. Adulteration and misbranding of digitalis tablets. U. S. v. 10 Bottles of
Digitalis   Tablets.    Default   decree   of  condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 10920.    Sample No. 53173-F.)
On October 9, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland
filed a libel against 10 100-tablet bottles of the above-named product at Balti-
more, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about May 13, 1943,
from Richmond, Va., by Charles G. Haskell & Co.; and charging that it was
adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "Digitalis * * *
Whole Leaf Tablets."
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 the stand-
ard set forth therein since it contained an amount of powdered digitalis corre-
sponding in potency to less than 95 percent of the labeled amount, the minimum
permitted by the Pharmacopoeia; and its difference in strength from the stand-
ard was not plainly stated on its label.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on its label,
"Each tablet represents 1? grains of digitalis leaf," was false and misleading
since each tablet represented not more than 0.87 grain of digitalis leaf.
On January 12, 1944, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.