12950. Adulteration and misbranding- of codeine sulphate, morphine  sul 
phate, heroin, nitroglycerin, atropine sulphate, and strychnine 
sulphate tablets. U. S. v. the Tracy Co., Inc. Plea of nolo con- 
tendere. Fine, $150. (F. & D. No. 18759. I. S. Nos. 15262-v, 15263-v, 
15264-v, 15265-v, 15267-v, 15315-v, 15316-v, 15819-v, 15820-v, 15821-T, 
15822-v, 15873-v.)
On October 21, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Connec- 
ticut, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against the Tracy 
Co., Inc., trading at New London, Conn., alleging shipment by said company, 
in violation of the food and drugs act, in various consignments, namely, on or 
about November 23, and December 5, 1923, respectively, from the State of 
Connecticut into the State of Massachusetts, of quantities of codeine sulphate 
tablets, morphine sulphate tablets, heroin tablets, nitroglycerin tablets, and 
atropine sulphate tablets, and on or about December 1 and 4, 1923, respectively, 
from the State of Connecticut into the State of New York, of quantities of 
morphine sulphate tablets, nitroglycerin tablets, strychnine sulphate tablets, 
and codeine sulphate tablets which were adulterated and misbranded. The 
articles were labeled in part: " The Tracy Company" or " The Tracy Com- 
pany, Inc."   *   *   *   " New London, Conn."
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed that: The codeine sulphate tablets labeled " 1-8 gr." aver- 
aged not more than 0.107 grain of codeine sulphate to each tablet, and those 
labeled " 1-4 gr." averaged not more than 0.193 grain and 0.156 grain, re- 
spectively, of codeine sulphate to each tablet; the morphine sulphate tablets 
labeled " 1-8 gr." averaged 0.067 grain of morphine sulphate to each tablet, 
and those labeled " 1-4 gr." averaged 0.162 grain and 0.215 grain, respectively, 
of morphine sulphate to each tablet; the nitroglycerin tablets labeled " 1-150
gr." averaged not more than 0.00296 grain of nitroglycerin to each tablet, and 
those labeled " 1-100 gr." averaged not more than 0.0063 grain and 0.0064 
grain, respectively, of nitroglycerin to each tablet; the heroin tablets labeled 
" 1-6 gr." averaged not more than 0.127 grain of heroin to each tablet; the 
atropine sulphate tablets labeled " 1-100 gr." averaged not more than 0.0081 
grain of atropine sulphate to each tablet; the strychnine sulphate tablets 
labeled " 1-60 gr." averaged not more than 0.0139 grain of strychnine sulphate 
to each tablet.
Adulteration of the articles was alleged in the information for the reason 
that their strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality 
under which they were sold.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, " 500 Codeine 
Sulphate 1-8 gr.," " 200 Codeine Sulphate 1-4 gr.," " 200 Soluble Hypodermatic 
Tablets Codeine Sulphate 1-4 Gr.," "400 Morphine Sulphate 1-8 gr.," "200 
Morphine Sulpate lHt gr.," "200 Soluble Hypodermatic Tablets Morphine 
Sulphate 1-4 Gr.," " 296 Heroin 1-6 Gr.," " 500 Nitroglycerin 1-100 gr.," " 500 
Soluble Hypodermatic Tablets Nitroglycerin 1-100 gr.," " 500 H T Nitroglycer- 
ing 1-150 gr.," " 500 Atropine Sulphate 1-100 gr.," and " 500 Soluble Hypo- 
dermatic Tablets Strychnine Sulphate 1-60 gr.," borne on the labels attached 
to the bottles containing the respective articles, regarding the said articles, 
were false and misleading, in that the said statements represented that each 
of the tablets contained the amount of codeine sulphate, morphine sulphate, 
heroin, nitroglycerin, atropine sulphate, or strychnine sulphate, as the case 
might be, declared on the label, whereas the said tablets contained less codeine 
sulphate, less morphine sulphate, less heroin, less nitroglycerin, less atropine 
sulphate, and less strychnine sulphate, as the case might be, than so declared.
On December 31, 1924, a plea of nolo contendere to the information was 
entered on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of 
$150.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.