4271. Adulteration of halazone tablets.   U. S. v. 244 Cases * * *.   (F. D. C. No.
36170.   Sample No. 52637-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 7, 1953, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about November 28, 1951, by the City Chemical Corp.,
from Fort Lawton, Wash.
PRODUCT :    244 cases, each containing 300 bottles, of halazone tablets at Jersey
City, N. J.
LABEL, IN PART:    (Bottle)   "100 Tablets  (or 100 Water Purification Tablets)
* * * Halazone N. N. E. Abbott * * * Each tablet contains 0.004 Gm.  (?6
grain) of Halazone with sodium carbonate, sodium chloride and borijc acid."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (b), the article purported to be
and was represented as "Halazone Tablets," a drug the name of which is
recognized in the National Formulary, an official compendium, and its strength
differed from the official standard since the standard provides that halazone
tablets contain not less than 90 percent of the labeled amount of halazone,
whereas the article contained less than 90 percent of the labeled amount of
halazone.
DISPOSITION: January 15, 1954. Default decree of condemnation and de-
struction.