2013. Adulteration of Hood-Lax.    TJ.  S.  v. 3 Packages of Hood-Lax.    Default
decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D.  C. No. 19993.    Sample
No. 6516-H.)
LIBEL FILED :  June 5,1946, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about January 31, 1946, by the Cal-Par Corporation,
also known as the Hood Products Corporation, from New York, N. Y.
PRODUCT :    3   5-ounce packages of Hood-Lax at Jersey City, N. J.
LABEL, IN  PART :   "Hood-Lax   Active Ingredients:   Wheat Germ  and  Plan-
tago."
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 501 (a)   (1), the article consisted
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of larvae,
insect fragments, and rodent hair fragments; and, Section 501  (a)   (2), it
had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become
-contaminated with filth.
The libel alleged also that another product, known as CahPar, was adul-
terated under the provisions of the law applicable to foods, as reported in
notices of judgment on foods.
DISPOSITION : October 28, 1916. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con-
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
DRUG ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF A NONCERTIFIED
COAL-TAR COLOR