1376. Adulteration and misbranding' of adhesive compresses.    U. S. v. 900 Pack
ages of Adhesive Compresses.   Default decree of condemnation.   Product
ordered sold.    (F. D. C. No. 9737.   Sample No. 28935-F.)
On April 2, 1943, the United States attorney for the Northern District of
Georgia filed a libel against 900 packages of adhesive compresses at Atlanta, Ga.,
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about December 28, 1942,
by the A. E. Halperin Co., Inc., from Boston, Mass. The article was labeled in
part: "1" Adhesive Compreses   Unit No. 3."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be adhesive
absorbent gauze (adhesive absorbent compress), 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 it was not
sterile but was contaminated with living micro-organisms; and its difference in
quality and purity from the official standard was not plainly stated on its label.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that its label failed to bear an
accurate statement of the quantity of contents in terms of numerical count.
On May 1,1945, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was
entered and it was ordered that the product be sold, on condition that the pack-
ages be stamped "Not sterilized and not to be used on open wounds or as a
surgical dressing," and that the product was not to be resold by the purchaser.
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