1575. Adulteration of absorbent cotton.    U. S. v. 11 Cartons of Absorbent Cotton.
Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered delivered to tbe Food
and Drug Administration.     (F. D. C. No. 13889.    Sample No. 61995-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   October 2, 1944, Eastern District of Louisiana.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about July 13, 1944, by New Aseptic Laboratories,
Inc., from Columbia, S. C.
PRODUCT: 11 cartons, each containing 144 1-ounce packages, of absorbent
cotton at New Orleans, La.
LABEL, IN PAET: "Absorbent Cotton Sterilized After Packaging Distributed
By Gotham Sales Co., Inc., New York."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (b), the quality and purity of
the article fell below the standard established by the United States Pharma-
copoeia, which provides that absorbent cotton shall conform to the require-
ments of tbe official test for sterility of solids. The article was contaminated
with living micro-organisms.
DISPOSITION: March 5, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of. con-
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. On May 15,
1945, an amended decree was entered, providing for the delivery of the product
for use in connection with the official laboratory work of the Food and Drug
Administration.