4131. Adulteration and misbranding of first aid kits.   U. S. v. 414 First Aid
Kits * * *.   (F. D. C. No. 34465.   Sample No. 69257-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    January 6, 1953, District of Colorado.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 13, 1952, by the B. D. Bullard Co.,
from San Francisco, Calif.
PRODUCT: 414 first aid Mts, consisting of a metal case with a hinged lid and
containing first aid supplies at Denver, Colo.
The kits contained, among other items, an unlabeled glass ampul covered
with a mesh cloth and a tube of ointment. Analysis of the contents of the glass
ampul showed that it contained ammonia, a red color, and aromatic substances.
Analysis of the ointment showed that it contained less than the declared 1.5
percent of carbolic acid.
LABEL, IN PART: (Tube) "Carbolated Petrolatum (Carbolic Acid 1.5?) Kip,
Inc.   Los Angeles 21, Calif,    ?-oz. Avoir."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (c), the strength of the com-
ponent of the article labeled, in part, "Carbolated Petrolatum" differed from
that which it was represented to possess since it contained less than 1.5 percent
of carbolic acid.
Misbranding, Section 502 (b) (1) and (2), the article contained in the un-
labeled glass ampul failed to bear a label containing the name and place of
business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, and an accurate state-
ment of the quantity of the contents; and, Section 502 (e) (2), the article
in the ampul was fabricated from two or more ingredients, and it failed to
bear a label containing the common or usual name of each active ingredient.
DISPOSITION : May 21, 1953. Default decree of condemnation. The court
ordered that the unlabeled glass ampuls and the tubes of ointment be removed
from the first aid kits and destroyed, and that after such removal and de-
struction, the first aid kits be given to a Federal institution for its use and
not for sale.
DRUGS ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF FALSE AND MISLEADING CLAIMS
DRUGS FOR HUMAN USE*