1256. Misbranding of sulfathiazole tablets.    IT. S. v. Samuel S. Punsky (Franklin
Pharmacy). Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $1,000. Execution of sen-
tence suspended and defendant placed on probation for 1 year.     (F. D. C.
No. 10605.    Sample Nos. 20577-P, 20698-F, 20701-F.)
On December 15, 1943, the grand jurors for the District of Maine returned an
indictment against Samuel S. Punsky, trading as the Franklin Pharmacy, Port-
land, Maine, alleging that a number of bottles of sulfathiazole tablets had been
shipped from the State of New York into the State of Maine on or about November
13, 1942. It was charged in the indictment that on or about December 24, 1942,
one bottle of the article, which was in the same condition as when shipped in
interstate commerce, was sold and delivered to the defendant ? that on or about
August 24, 25, and 26, 1943, and while a number of tablets of the article con-
tained in the aforesaid bottle were being held for sale after shipment in interstate
commerce, the defendant removed a number of tablets from the bottle, repacked
them in unlabeled boxes, and disposed of the boxes of tablets by sale; and that
those acts of removal, repacking, and disposal resulted in the tablets being
misbranded since the boxes containing them bore no directions for use.
On December 28, 1943, the defendant having entered a plea of nolo contendere,
the court imposed a fine of $1,000 which was suspended, and placed the defendant
on probation for 1 year.