1477. Adulteration and misbranding of gauze  bandages.    TJ.  S. v. 24% Gross
Packages of Gauze Bandages. Default decree of condemnation. Product
ordered sold.    (F. D. C. No. 14433.    Sample No. 63634-F.)
On November 20, 1944, the United States attorney for the Northern District of
Georgia filed a libel against 24? gross packages of gauze bandages at Atlanta,
Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about October 3,1944, by the
Hampton Manufacturing Co., from Carlstadt, N. J. The article was labeled In
part: "Blue Cross '2 Inches   6 Yds.   Gauze Bandage."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be and was rep-
resented as a drug the name of which is recognized in the United States Phar-
macopoeia, an official compendium, but its quality and purity fell below the stand-
ard set forth therein since it was not sterile. It was alleged to be misbranded
in that the label statement "Sterilized" was false and misleading.
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 would be stamped "Not sterilized and not to be used on open wounds or as a
surgical dressing," and that the product would not be resold by the purchaser.