1173. Adulteration   of   sodium   cacodylate.    U.   S.   v.   2   Packages   of   Sodium
Cacodylate.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C.
No. 11133.   Sample Nos. 57429-F, 57430-F.)
On November 18, 1943, the United States attorney for the Southern District of
New York filed a libel against 2 10-pound packages of sodium cacodylate at New
York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped to Santiago, Chile, on or
about August 18, 1943, and upon arrival there was found to be adulterated; and
that it was returned to the United States, entering the port of New York on
October 22,1943.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be and was
represented as sodium cacodylate, a drug the name of which is recognized in the
United States Pharmacopoeia, an official compendium, but its strength differed
from and its quality and purity fell below the standard set forth in the com-
pendium since it is provided therein that sodium cacodylate shall contain not less
than 72 percent of Na(CH3)2As02, and that 1 gram of sodium cacodylate shall
show no more chloride than corresponds to 0.3 cc. of fiftieth-normal hydrochloric
acid, whereas the article contained not more than 64.3 percent of Na(CH3)2AS02,
and, in addition, a portion of the article contained twice as much chloride as was
permitted by the United States Pharmacopoeia.
On December 28,1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.