1670. Adulteration and misbranding of gauze pads.    TJ. S. v. 46 Packages of Gauze
Pads.   Default decree of condemnation.    Product ordered delivered io a
charitable institution.    (P. D. C. No. 16338.    Sample No. 4610-H.)
LIBEL FILED : June 2,1945, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about September 11, 1944, from Worcester, Mass., by
the Handy Pad Supply Co.
PEODTTOT: 46 packages of gauze pads at Philadelphia, Pa.
LABEL, IN PART: (Package) "100 Ideal Dispenser Type Gauze Pads Sterilized
After Packaging."
NATTTBE or CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (b), the article purported to be
"Sterile Absorbent Gauze [Sterile Gauze]," a drug the name of which is recog-
nized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, an official compendium, but its
quality and purity fell below the official standard since it was not sterile.
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement, "Sterilized After Packag-
ing," was false and misleading as applied to the article, which was not sterile
but was contaminated with living micro-organisms.
DISPOSITION: August 29, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con-
demnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a charitable
institution.
DRUGS AND DEVICES ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF FALSE AND
MISLEADING   CLAIMS*
DRUGS FOB HUMAN USE