4232. Adulteration and misbranding of lubricating jelly.   U. S. v. 95 Cartoned
Tubes * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 35448.   Sample No. 42752-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 6,1953, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about May 6, 1953, by the Tablex Co., from New
York, N. Y.
PRODUCT :   95 cartoned tubes of lubricating jelly at San Francisco, Calif.
LABEL, IN PABT : "A non-greasy water soluble surgical lubricant lens lubricating
jelly   sterile."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (c), the purity of the article
fell below that which it purported and was represented to possess since it
purported to be sterile when, in fact, it was not sterile.
Misbranding, Section 502 (a), the label statement "sterile" was false and
misleading as applied to an article which was not sterile.
? DISPOSITION :   September   28,   1953.    Default   decree   of   condemnation   and
destruction.
DRUGS AND DEVICES ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF FALSE AND
MISLEADING CLAIMS
DRUGS FOR HUMAN USE*