3183. Misbranding of Stops (antihistamine tablets).   U. S. v. 24 Display Cards,
etc.    (F. D. C. No. 29249.    Sample No. 67424-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 7,1950, Southern District of West Virginia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 27, 1950, by the Research Associates,
from Decatur, 111.
PRODUCT : 24 display cards, each containing 26 packages, of Stops at Bluefleld,
W. Va., together with a number of window streamers entitled "Stops."
Analysis showed that the product contained pyranisamine maleate.
LABEL, IN PART: (Package) "Stops 12 Anti-Histamine Tablets Each Tablet
Contains 25 MG. Anisopyramine."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the statements "Stops Colds,
Stops Coughs" appearing in the labeling of the article, namely, on the package
label, display card, and window streamer, were false and misleading since
the article was not an adequate and effective treatment for those conditions;
and, Section 502 (e) (2), the article was fabricated from two or more in-
gredients, and its label failed to bear the common or usual name of each
active ingredient since pyranisamine maleate was not declared.
The article also was in violation of Section 505 (a), since it was a new
drug within the meaning of the law, and an application filed pursuant to the
law was not effective with respect to the article.
DISPOSITION :   June 28, 1950.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
DRUGS  ACTIONABLE   BECAUSE   OF   FAILURE TO BEAR ADEQUATE
DIRECTIONS OR WARNING STATEMENTS*