1418. Adulteration of triple distilled water.    U. S. v. 9 Cartons and 48 Boxes of
Triple Distilled Water   (and 3 other seizure actions against the same
product).    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C.
Nos.   13286,   14137,   14484,   14510.    Sample  Nos.   62001-F,  67995-F,  86952-F,
87510-F, 87511-F.)
Between August 22 and December 6, 1944, the United States attorneys for
the District of Minnesota, the Northern District of Illinois, the Southern Dis-
trict of Alabama, and the Southern District of Ohio filed libels against the
following quantities of triple distilled water: 9 cartons, each containing 100
ampuls, and 48 boxes, each containing 10 ampuls, at Minneapolis, Minn.; 84
boxes, each containing 10 ampuls, at Chicago, 111.; 70 boxes, each containing
10 ampuls, at Mobile, Ala.; and 11 boxes, each containing 12 vials, at Spring-
field, Ohio. The libels alleged that the article had been shipped between the
approximate dates of November 10, 1943, and April 5, 1944, by the American
Medical Specialties Co., Inc., from New York, N. Y.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be water
for injection, 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 all lots were not clear but contained
insoluble suspended material, and since the Minnesota lot did not meet the
official test for pyrogens but contained pyrogenic substances.
Between October 26, 1944, and February 20, 1945, no claimant having ap-
peared, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered
destroyed.
?See also Nos. 1407, 1414, 1416.