1364. Adulteration  of calcium chloride.    TJ. S. v. Pro-Medico Laboratories, Inc.,
and Samuel Heller. Pleas of guilty. Fines, $250 against the corporate
defendant and $500 against the individual defendant. (F. D. C. No. 11425.
Sample Nos. 36460-F, 36476-F.)
On September 12, 1944, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of
New York filed an information against the Pro-Medico Laboratories, Inc., Brook-
lyn, N. Y., and Samuel Heller, president of the corporation, alleging shipment of
a quantity of calcium chloride on or about September 25, 1943, from the State of
New York into the State of Colorado.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be and was
represented as ampuls of calcium chloride, an aqueous ampul solution the name
of which is recognized in the National Formulary, an official compendium, but its
quality or purity fell below the official standard since the National Formulary
provides that aqueous ampul solutions shall be substantially free from undis-
solved material, whereas the article was not substantially free from undissolved
material; and its difference in quality or purity from the official standard was
not plainly stated, or stated at all, on its label.
On January 10, 1945, pleas of guilty having been entered on behalf of the de-
fendants, the court imposed a fine of $250 against the corporate defendant and a
fine
 of $500 against the individual defendant.