3514. Adulteration and misbranding of Premestrone (conjugated estrogens).
U.   S.   v.   197   Bottles    *    *    *.    (F.   D.   C.   No.   30734.    Sample   No.
10119-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 9,1951, Eastern District of Michigan.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about January 9, 1951, by the Doctors' Mutual
Service Co., from Glendale, Calif.
PRODUCT: 197 bottles of Premestrone (conjugated estrogens) at Detroit, Mich.
Examination showed that the total amount of estrogens actually present in
the article was equivalent to 0.22 mg. of sodium estrone sulfate per tablet.
LABEL, IN PART: "Premestrone 0.4 mg. 90 Tablets Estrogenic Substances
(Water Soluble). Also Known As Conjugated Estrogens (Equine). * * *
Formulated And Distributed By Specific Bio-Chemicals   Glendale, California."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (c), the strength of the article
differed from that which it was represented to possess, namely, 0.4 mg. of
estrogens in their water-soluble form expressed as sodium estrone sulfate.
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement "Each tablet contains 0.4
mg. of estrogens in their water soluble form expressed as sodium estrone sul-
fate" was false and misleading as applied to an article which contained 0.22
milligram of sodium estrone sulfate per tablet.
DISPOSITION :    June 12, 1951.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.