5652. Sodium nitrite and phenobarbital tablets.    (F.D.C.  No. 41435.   S. No.
14-761 P.)
QUANTITY: 3 500-tablet pkgs., 8   100-tablet pkgs., and 21   2,500-tablet pkgs.,
at Muncie, Ind.
SHIPPED :   10-18-57, from Cincinnati, Ohio.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION :   Examination showed the article to be a green-colored
tablet containing about 0.23 grain of phenobarbital per tablet, or approximately
the declared amount, and about 1.38 grains of sodium nitrite per tablet, or about
69 percent of the declared amount.
The article had been repackaged by the consignee from bulk stock shipped as
described above.
LIBELED :   3-6-58, S. Dist. Ind.
?See also Nos. 5641, 5642.
CHARGE : 501(c)-the strength of the article, while held for sale, differed from
that Which it was represented to possess, namely, 2 grains of sodium nitrite
per tablet; and 502(a)-the label statement "Each tablet contains Sodium
Nitrite 2 gr." was false and misleading.
DISPOSITION : 6-30-58.   Default-destruction.