1673. Misbranding of thyroid tablets.    TJ. 8. v. 1,331 Bottles, 46 Bottles, and 205
Bottles of Thyroid Tablets. Consent decree of condemnation. Product
ordered released under bond.. (F. D. C. No. 15789. Sample Nos. 29397-H to
29400-H,incl., 29417-H to 29420-H, incl.).
LIBEL FJLED:   April 9, 1945, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of January 21, 1944, and
February 8,1945, from Detroit, Mich., by Parke, Davis and Co.
PRODUCT: 1,331 100-tablet bottles, 46 500-tablet bottles, and 205 1,000-tablet
bottles of thyroid tablets at San Francisco, Calif. Examination of samples
showed that the product contained thyroid equivalent to approximately 1-
times the grainage stated on the respective labels as calculated from the iodine
content to the standard prescribed by the United States Pharmacopoeia.
LABEL, V PABT.:   "C. T. [or "0. C. T."] Thyroid Glands," and "Emplets Thyroid
Gland."; ?   ... " - "   "??'?': ?.-."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Misbranding, Section 502(a), the statements on the labels
of various portions of the article, "? Grain," "? Grain," "1 Grain," "2
Grains^" and "5 Grains," were misleading because the quoted declarations
created the impression that the article contained, respectively, the declared
amounts of thyroid of the standard potency as specified in the United States
Pharmacopoeia, whereas the article contained approximately 1? times the
declared number Of grains of thyroid of such standard potency; and such
. impression was not corrected <by the label statements, "Thyroid Gland 50-
Stronger than Ui.-S. P.," or "Contains Desiccated Thyroid Gland 50? Stronger
than U. S. P.," and "Contains 0.3? iodine," and (upon some of the labels)
"Equivalent to ? gr. Thyroid U. S. P.," and "Equivalent to 7? grains Thy-
roid U. S. P."
Further misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement, "The high
iodine content is obtained by careful selection of fresh glands," was false
and misleading since the glands used were not selected but were the ordinary
quality of glands, as supplied generally by packing houses.
DISPOSITION : August 13, 1945. Parke, Davis and Co., Detroit, Mich., claimant,
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the. product was ordered released under bond for reprocessing or
other lawful disposition under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.