1221. Adulteration and misbranding of ammonium chloride.    U. S, v. 2 Barrels
of Ammonium Chloride.    Default decree of condemnation and destruc-
tion.    (F. D. C. No. 11234.    Sample No. 34596-F.)
On or about December 11, 1943, the United States attorney for the Southern
District of Florida filed a libel against 2 barrels of ammonium chloride at Jackson-
ville, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about September 16,
1943, from Brooklyn, N. Y., by the New York Quinine and Chemical Works;
and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was represented as a drug
the name of which is recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, an official
compendium, but its quality and purity fell below the standard set forth therein
since a bluing, such as Turnbull s blue and Prussian blue, had been admixed
with the article.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements appearing in
its labeling, "Ammonium Chloride U. S. P.," and "Ammonium Chloride U S P
Grade," were false and misleading as applied to ammonium chloride with which
bluing had been admixed.
On February 2, 1944, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.