1^64. Misbranding: of Special Compressed Tablets. U. S. v. 100,000 Special Com-
pressed Tablets. Default decree of destruction. (F. D. C. No. 15622.
Sample No. 18525-H.)
LIBEL FILED : March 15, 1945, District of Minnesota; amended libel filed August
14, 1945.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about December 22, 1944, by Charles H. Dietz, Inc.,
from St. Louis, Mo.
PRODUCT :   100,000 Special Compressed Tablets at Minneapolis, Minn.
LABEL, IN PABT : "Special Compressed Tablets . * * * Each C. T. Contains:
Diallyl Barbituric Acid ? Gr."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (d), the article was for use by
man, and it contained 5,5-Diallyl-Barbituric Acid, a chemical derivative of barbi-
turic acid, which has been designated by regulations as habit forming; and its
label failed to bear the quantity or proportion of such derivative and, in juxta-
position therewith, the statement "Warning??May be habit forming.
DISPOSITION : September 24, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment was
entered ordering that the product be destroyed.
DRUGS ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATION WITH FILTH