5388. Digitoxin powder.   (F. D. C. No. 39889.    S. No. 59-018 M.)
QUANTITY :   One ctn. containing 100 grams at Philadelphia, Pa.
SHIPPED:   1-28-57,  from  New York,  N.Y.,  by Desmo Chemical Corp.
LABEL   IN   PAST:   "Net   100   gms. * * * Digitoxin   U.   S.   P. * * * Assay:
Digitoxin 99.1 percent   Loss on drying:   0.62 percent."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION:   Examination showed that the article contained
not more than 79 percent of digitoxin.
-   I     >LIBELED :    3-19-57, E. Dist. Pa.
CHARGE: 501 (b)-the strength of the article, when shipped, differed from
the standard for digitoxin set forth in the United States Pharmacopeia since
the article contained less than 90 percent of the labeled amount of digitoxin,
the minimum permitted by the standard.
DISPOSITION :  8-28-57.   Default-destruction.