5664. -AtTxtltenatio* and misbraiMiiig e* M"Bm?tteKHiait*si Iaitasaa?g. 7582.- I. S. No. 16260-k.) OQ November 6, 1916, the United States- attorney for, the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon a, report by the Secretary of Agriculture-, filed in the Dis- trict Court of the United States for said district an information against William Bannerm&n & Co., a corporation, Chicago, III., alleging: shipment by said company, on or about July 1&, 1915, in violation of the Food and. Drugs Act, from, the State of Illinois into the State of Ohio, of a quantity of an< article labeled in part, " Banneraian's Intravenous- Solution," which, was adulterated and misbranded. Analysis- of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- partment showed the following results : Lime (CaO) from ash (gram pef 10? cc) o; 75 Salicylic acid (grattr per1 100' cc) . 128' Total phenols (grain per 100"Cc) . 671 Guaiacol (metlro^yphettol'sf (gram per 100'cc) .248 Mercury salts equivalent to mercuric sulphid (HgS) (gram per 100 cc) . 015 Albumen, calculated from albuminoid nitrogen (by Kjel- dahl process) (gram per 100 cc) .020 Iron salts: None. Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that it was sold as and for intravenous solution containing to each 10 cubic centimeters: mercury, 0.075 grams; iron, 0.286 grams; calcii salycilicum, 0.26 grams; guaiacol, 0.26; and creosote (beechwood), 0,32 grams, and its strength and purity fell below the professed standard or quality under which it was sold. Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, to- wit, "Each 10 cc of Bannerman's Solution Contains: Hydrargyri Albuminas Mercury Content 1-1/9 Gr. or 0.075 6m. Ferri Albuminas Iron Content 4J Grs. or 0.286 Gm. * * * Calcii Salicylicum 4 Grs. or 0.26 Gm. Guaiacol 4 Grs. or 0.26 Gm. Creosote (Beechwood) 5 Grs. or 0.32 Gm.," borne on its label, regard- ing the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and misleading in that it falsely represented that the article contained to each ten cubic centimeters: hydrargyri albuminas mercury 1-1/9 grains or 0.075 gram; ferri albuminas iron content 4J grains or 0.286 gram; calcii salicylicum 4 grains or 0.26 gram; guaiacol 4 grains or 0.26 gram; creosote (beechwood) 5 grains or 0.32 gram, whereas, in truth and in fact, it did not. On July 2, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the in- formation, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs. C. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.