Cut Rate Drugs).   Plea of nolo contendere.   Fine, $300.   (F. D. C. No.
29119.    Sample Nos. 48642-K, 48657-K,48658-K.)   ,
INFORMATION FILED : June 8, 1950, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against
Herman V. Baker, trading as Baker's Out Bate Drugs, Philadelphia, Pa.
INTERSTATE SHIPMENT : From the State of New York into the State of Pennsyl-
vania, of quantities of sulfathiazole tablets.
ALLEGED VIOLATION : On or about October 24 and 28 and November 3,1949, while
the sulfathiazole tablets were being held for sale after shipment in interstate
commerce, the defendant caused a number of the tablets to be repacked and
sold without a prescription, which acts resulted in the tablets being misbranded.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Sections 502 (b) (1) and (2), the repackaged
tablets failed to bear labels containing the name and place of business of
the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, and statements of the quantity of
the contents; Section 502 (e) (1), the repackaged tablets failed to bear a
label containing the common or usual name of the drug; and, Section 502
(f) (2), they bore no labeling containing adequate warnings against use in
those pathological conditions where their use may be dangerous to health, and
against unsafe dosage and methods and duration of administration.
DISPOSITION : August 17, 1950. A plea of nolo contendere having been entered,
? the court imposed a fine of $300.