2900. Adulteration and misbranding of chorionic gonadotropin.   U. S. v. 181
Vials   *   *   *.    (F.D. C. No. 27616.   Sample No. 13532-K.)
.LIBEL FILED: July 29, 1949, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; libel amended
August 24, 1949.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about June 10, 1949, the Associated Ross-Good Lab-
oratories, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., received from Brooklyn, N. Y., a returned
shipment of 181 labeled and unlabeled vials of chorionic gonadotropin. Each
of the labeled vials contained either 5,000 International Units or 10,000 Inter-
national Units of chorionic gonadotropin. Examination showed that the prod-
uct was not sterile-and that the labeled vials contained substantially less than
the declared amounts of chorionic gonadotropin.
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 501 (c), the purity and quality of the
article fell below that which it purported to possess since it was for parenteral
administration and was not sterile; and the strength of the article in the
labeled vials differed from that which it purported to possess.
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statements "5,000 International
Units" and "10,000 International Units" were false and misleading as applied
to the labeled portion of the article, the potency of which was less than that
it purported to possess.
DISPOSITION: September 26, 1949. Default decree of condemnation and
destruction.