1226. Adulteration and misbranding of  gauze pads.    XI.   S.   v.  19 Packages  of
' Gauze Pads.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C.
No. 11630.    Sample No. 49793-F.)
On January 12, 1944, the United States attorney for the Western District of
New York filed a libel against 19 packages of gauze pads at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging
that the article had been shipped on or about May 25, 1943, from Worcester, Mass.,
by the Handy Pad Supply Co.; and charging that it was adulterated and mis-
branded.    The article was labeled in part: (Package) "100 J-F Gauze Pads."
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 quality and purity fell below the
standard set forth therein since it was not sterile.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement in its labeling,
"Sterilized After Packaging," was false and misleading as applied to the article,
which was not sterile but was contaminated with viable spore-bearing rods or
cocci.
On February 9, 1944, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.