6178. Conjugated estrogen powder and conjugated estrogen granules.    (F.D.C.
No. 43915.    S. Nos. 65-949/50 P, 65-960 P.)
QUANTITY : 2 cans, 500 grams each, and 3 cans, 2 kilograms each, of estrogen
powder, and 7 cans of estrogen granules, at Buffalo, N.Y.
SHIPPED: Between July 1954 and 8-5-59, from Montreal, Canada, by Steroid
Laboratories, Ltd.
LABEL IN PART: (Can) "Product of Steroid Laboratories Limited * * * Mon-
treal, Canada, 500 Grams [or "2 Kilograms"] Conjugated Estrogens (Equine)
Powder * * * Control No. 71302 [or "73730"]" or "1546 Grams Conjugated
Estrogens (Equine) Granules.   5.67 mg/gram * * * Control No. 87243."
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : Analysis showed that the total estrogen content
corresponded to not more than (2 cans) 12.6 mgs., (3 cans) 11.2 mgs., and
(7 cans) 4.7 mgs. of estrone per gram.
LIBELED :   11-17-59, W. Dist. N.Y.
CHARGE: 501(C)-when shipped and while held for sale, the strength of the
article differed from that which it purported and was represented to possess;
and 502(a)-the label statements of the articles (2 cans) "15.45 mgm/gm,"
(3 cans) "13.29 mgm/gm," and (7 cans) "5.67 mg/gram" were false and
misleading.
DISPOSITION: 2-8-60. Consent-claimed by Steroid Laboratories, Ltd., Mon-
treal, Canada; one can was destroyed and the remainder were relabeled.