2017. Adulteration of sweet oil and misbranding of isopropyl alcohol compound.
IT. S. v. Pennex Products Co., Inc., and Martin Sachnoff. Pleas of nolo
contendere. Fine of $100 and costs against corporate defendant; fine
of $10 against individual defendant. (F. D. C. No. 20949. Sample Nos.
10061-H, 10385-H.)
INFORMATION FILED: October 16, 1946, Western District of Pennsylvania,
against the Pennex Products Co., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Martin Sachnoff,
secretary of the corporation.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On'or about April 3 and October 11, 1945, from the State
of Pennsylvania into the States of West Virginia and Ohio.
LABEL, IN PART: "Hospital Isopropyl Alcohol Compound," or "Pennex Brand
Sweet Oil."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Sweet Oil, adulteration, Section 501 (b), the article pur-
ported to be and was represented as sweet oil, a drug the name of which is
recognized in the United -States Pharmacopoeia, an official compendium, but
its strength differed from, and its quality and purity fell below, the official
standard since it did not consist of the fixed oil obtained from the ripe fruit
of Olea europoea Linne, as prescribed by the Pharmacopoeia, but did consist
of cottonseed oil.
Isopropyl Alcohol Compound, misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label state-
ment "Isopropyl Alcohol 70? by volume" was false and misleading since
- the article contained less than 70 percent of isopropyl alcohol by volume.
DISPOSITION : November 4, 1946. Pleas of nolo contendere having been entered,
the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs against the corporate defendant
and a fine of $10 against the individual defendant.