2842. Misbranding of Tri-Estrin Tablets.  U. S. v. Endocrine Co. and Herbert G.
Brower.   Pleas of nolo contendere.   Fine of $200 against company and
$1 against individual.   (F. D. C. No. 24275.   Sample No. 74627-H.)
INFORMATION FILED: July 12, 1948, District of New Jersey, against the Endo-
crine Co., a corporation, Union City, N. J., and Herbert G. Brower, president
and treasurer of the corporation.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about February 4, 1947, from the State of New
Jersey into the State of Massachusetts.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement "Estro-
genic substance derived from gravid mare's urine, containing principally
estrone and estradiol" was false and misleading. The statement represented
and suggested that the estrogenic material present in the article consisted
of estrogenic substance as it naturally occurs in, and is extracted from, gravid
mare's urine, whereas the estrogenic material present in the article did not
?See also Nos. 2838, 2834, 2840, 2841.
consist of estrogenic substance as it naturally occurs in, and is extracted from,
gravid mare's urine.
DISPOSITION: July 18, 1949. Pleas of nolo contendere having been entered,
the court imposed a fine of $200 against the corporation and a fine of $1 against
the individual.