170S. Adulteration of phenobarbital tablets. V. S. v. 1 Package of Pbenobarbital
Tablets. Decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 19212.
Sample No. 12265-H.)
LIBEL FILED :    February 18, 1946, District of Maine.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about September 18, 1945, by Moore & Co., Inc., from
Worcester, Mass.
PBODTJCT : 1 package containing approximately 98,000 phenobarbital tablets at
Springvale, Maine. Examination of a sample disclosed that the product was
colored with "methyl violet 4 RN," a coal-tar color which is not one that,
according to regulations, may be certified as suitable for use in drugs.
LABEL, IN PAST: "Compressed Tablets Purple Each Tablet Contains Pheno-
barbital yz Gr."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (a) (4), the article bore and
contained, for purposes of coloring only, a coal-tar color that has not been
listed for use in drugs in accordance with regulations and is other than one
from a batch that has been certified.
DISPOSITION: March 8, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con-
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
DRUGS ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF DEVIATION FROM OFFICIAL OR
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