1269. Adulteration  and  misbranding1  of  tincture  of  Hyoscyamns,    U.  S.  v.   21
Bottles of Tincture of Hyoscyamns. Default decree of condemnation
and destruction.     (F. D. C.No. 12302.    Sample No. 23757-F.)
On May 2, 1944, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Penn-
sylvania filed a libel against 21 1-pint bottles of the above-named product at
Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or ^.bout June 7,
1943, by the Elvita Research Laboratories, Inc., from New York, N. Y.; and
charging that it was adulterated and misbranded.
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 official
standard, which provides that tincture of Hyoscyamus shall contain in each 100
cc. not less than 0.0034 gram of the alkaloids of Hyoscyamus, and not less than
65 percent of alcohol. The article was found to contain not more than 0.0028
gram of the alkaloids of Hyoscyamus in each 100 cc, and approximately 55.9
percent of alcohol.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements on the label, "Tincture
of Hyoscyamus U. S. P. XI   *   *   *   Alcohol, 68? by volume   *   *   *   100 c. c
Represent: 0.0040 Gm. of the Alkaloids of Hyoscyamus," were false and mis-
leading.
On May 29,1944, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.