4673. Rauwolfia serpentina (powder and tablets).   (F. D. C. No. 37598.   S. Nos.
10-213/9 M.)
QUANTITY : 6 100-lb. drums, 1 43-lb. drum, 139 100-tablet btls., 2 500-tablet 
btls., and 41   1,000-tablet btls. at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
SHIPPED: Between 6-18-54 and 9-24-54, from New York, N. Y., by Prentiss 
Drug & Chemical Co.
LABEL IN PART: (Drum) "Pow. Rauwolfia Serpentina"; (btl.) "Raufia Encotes 
S. C. Light Orange Each tablet contains: * * * Rauwolfia Serpentina Al- 
kaloids—0.75 mg. (Represented by approximately 100 mg. of the powdered 
whole root.) Paul Maney Laboratories Cedar Rapids, Iowa," "100 * * * 
Encotes Loten S. C. Gray Each tablet contains: * * * Rauwolfia Serpen- 
tina Alkaloids—0.75 mg. (As supplied by approximately 100 mg. of powdered 
whole root) * * * Paul Maney Laboratories Cedar Rapids, Iowa," and 
"Abten Sugar coated Pink Each tablet contains Rauwolfia Serpentina 
Alkaloids— 1.0 mg. (Represented by approximately 50 mg. powdered whole 
drug) * * * Paul Maney Laboratories   Cedar Rapids, Iowa."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : The article in the bottles was shipped from New 
York, N. Y., in bulk drums in powder form; and, after its receipt at Cedar 
Rapids, it was tableted, repacked into bottles, and relabeled by the consignee.
LIBELED :    On or about 1-18-55, N. Dist. Iowa. 
See also Nos. 4667, 4671.
(d) (2)—when shipped, a substance, namely, the ground root of one or more 
species of Rauwolfia other than Rauwolfia serpentina, had been substituted 
in whole or in part for Rauwolfia serpentina; (drums of powdered drug), 
502 (a)—the label statement "Pow. Rauwolfla Serpentina" was false and mis- 
leading since it represented that the article consisted wholly of Rauwolfia 
serpentina, which was not the case; (tablets manufactured from powdered 
drug), 502 (a)—the statement "Each tablet contains: * * * Rauwolfia Ser- 
pentina" borne on the bottle label while held for sale was false and misleading 
as applied to the article, which contained one or more species of Rauwolfia other 
than Rauwolfia serpentina; and (drums of powdered drug and tablets manu- 
factured therefrom), 502 (i) (3)—the article was a drug which was not 
Rauwolfia serpentina, and, when shipped, was offered for sale under the name 
of another drug, namely, Rauwolfia serpentina.
DISPOSITION :   3-12-55.   Default—destruction.