Issued August 20,1919.
United States Department of Agriculture,
BUREAU   OF   CHEMISTRY.
C. L. ALSBERG, Chief of Bureau.
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SUPPLEMENT.
N.  J.  6401-6450.?
[Approved by the Acttag Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, August 1, 1919.]
NOTICES OF JUDGMENT UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
[Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.]
6^t01. Adulteration of elixir of iion, quinine, and strychnine. V. S. * * *?
v. J. WiHiard McChesney and Paul Lee Joachim (McChesney &?
Joachim). Pleas of guilty. Fine, ?20. (F. & D. No. 8506. I. S, No.?
9836-m.)
On December 4, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the police court?
of the District aforesaid an information against J. Williard McChesney and?
Paul Lee Joachim, trading as McChesney & Joachim, Washington, D. C, alleg??
ing that said defendants, on February 9, 1917, at the District aforesaid, in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, did offer for sale and sell a quantity of?
an article labeled in part, " McChesney & Joachim, Pharmacists. * * *?
Washington, D. C, Elix Iron, Quinine and Strychnine," which was adulterated.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed the following results:
Quinine hydrochlorid (grams per 1,000 mils)?
      5.7
Glycerin: Absent.
Sugar (grams per 1,000 mils)?
369
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
it was sold under and by a name recognized in the National Formulary, and?
differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity, as determined by?
the tests laid down in said National Formulary, official at the time of investi??
gation of the article, in that said article contained in 1,000 mils 5.7 grams of?
quinine hydrochlorid, whereas said National Formulary provides that it shall?
contain in 1,000 mils 8.750 grams of quinine hydrochlorid; and in that said?
article contained no glycerin, whereas the said National Formulary provides?
that it shall contain in 1,000 mils 300 mils of glycerin; and in that in 1,000?
mils of the article there was approximately 369 grams of sugar, which is not?
mentioned as an ingredient of elixir of iron, quinine, and strychnine in said?
National Formulary; and the standard of strength, quality, and purity of the?
article was not declared on the container thereof.
On December 4, 1917, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa??
tion, and the court "imposed a fine of $20.
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