5209. Halazone tablets.    (F. D. O. No. 39299.   S. No. 56-011 M.)
470085-58?2
QUANTITY:   5,770   100-tablet btls. at Streator, 111.
SHIPPED :   5-8-56, front Pauline, Kans.
LABEL IN PART: (Btl.) "Water Purification Tablets For Purifying Drinking
Water in Canteens * * * Halazone * * * (P-sulfonedichloramldo-
benzoic acid) Each Tablet Contains 0.004 gm. (?6 grain) of Halazone,"
"Tablets Water Purification For Treating Water in Canteens * * *
(p-sulfonedichloramido-benzoic acid 0.004 gm.)," or "Water Purification Tab-
lets For Purifying Drinking Water in Canteens Halazone P-sulfonedichlor-
amido-benzoic acid * * * Each Tablet Contains 0.004 Gm. (?6 Grain)
of Halazone."
RESULTS OP INVESTIGATION : Analysis showed that the tablets contained from
18.17 percent to 104 percent of the declared amount of halazone. The National
Formulary provides that halazone tablets contain not less than 90 percent of
the labeled amount of halazone.
LIBELED :   7-12-56, N. Dist. 111.
CHARGE : 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, while held for sale, differed from
the official standard.
DISPOSITION :   8-16-56.   Default-destruction.