5595. Del-Caps capsules and Del-Bardex capsules.   (F.D.C. No. 41431.   S. Noa
34-042/3 P.)
QUANTITY:   1   9,900-capsule drum,  1   49,900-capsule drum,  8   1,000-capsule
btls.,  7   500-capsule btls., and 42   100-capsule btls.,  of Del-Caps, and 1
25,000-capsule drum,  3 500-capsule btls.,  and  7 100-capsule btls.  of Del-
Bardew at Philadelphia, Pa.
SHIPPED :   11-5-57 and 11-27-57, from Rensselaer, N.Y., by Delmar Pharmacal
Corp.
Each, capsule contains 15 mg. of Dextroamphetamine Sulfate in a special
base that provides for the disintegration of the contents throughout a period
of 6-10 hours * * * 3259" and "Del-Bardex #2 Timed Disintegration Cap-
sule Each Capsule Contains Dextro-Amphetamine Sulfate 15 Mg. Amobar-
bital 100 Mg. * * * Each capsule contains 15 Mg. of Dextro-Amphetamine
Sulfate * * * in a special base that provides for the disintegration of the
contents throughout a period of about 6-10 hours * * * 3100."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : The capsules in the btls. had been repacked from
the above-mentioned drums by the consignee after shipment.
Analysis showed that the Del-Caps capsules released 94 percent of their
dextroamphetamine sulfate content in 2 hours and that the Del-Bardex
capsules released 80 percent of their dextroamphetamine sulfate content in 2
hours.
LIBELED :   2-17-58, E. Dist. Pa,
CHARGE: 501(c)-the quality of the articles, when shipped, differed from that
which they purported or were represented to possess in that they failed to
disintegrate at a uniform rate over a 6- to 10-hour period; and 502(a)-
the labels contained false and misleading representations that the dextro-
amphetamine sulfate content of the articles would be released at a uniform
rate over a 6- to 10-hour period.
DISPOSITION :   3-27-58.   Default-destruction.