13411. Adulteration   of   acetphenetidin   tablets,   strychnine   sulphate   tab 
lets, acetyl salicylic acid tablets, morphine sulphate tablets, 
codeine sulphate tablets, heroin hydrochloride tablets, and 
quinine sulphate tablets. U. S. v. Jopp's Drug Co. (Inc.); Plea 
of guilty. Fine, $1,300. (F. & D. No. 18990. I. S. Nos. 559-v, 561-v, 
2392-v, 2812-v, 2814-v, 2815-v, 2962-v, 12842-v, 15270-v, 15306-v, 15309- 
v, 15312-v, 15313-v.)
At the November, 1924, term of the United States District Court, within and 
for the Western District of New York, the United States attorney for said dis- 
trict, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court aforesaid an information against Jopp's Drug Co. (Inc.), a corporation, 
Buffalo, N. Y., alleging shipment by said cibinpany7 in violation of the food and 
drugs act, in various consignments, namely, on or about September 4 and 28, 
1923, and March 12 and 20, 1924, respectively, from the State of New York into 
the State of New Jersey, of quantities of acetphenetidin tablets, strychnine 
sulphate tablets, morphine sulphate tablets, codeine sulphate tablets, and heroin 
hydrochloride tablets, respectively, on or about January 16, 1924, from the 
State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of acetyl sali- 
cylic acid tablets, on or about November 19 and 26, 1923, respectively, from the 
State of New York into the State of Massachusetts, of quantities of acetyl 
salicylic acid tablets, quinine sulphate tablets, morphine sulphate tablets, and 
heroin hydrochloride tablets, respectively, which were adulterated. The arti- 
cles were labeled, variously, in part: "Tablets Acetphenetidin 5 gr."; 
"Tablets Strychnia Sulph. 1-40 gr." ; " Tablets Acetyl Salicylic Acid 5 Grain ";
" Tablets Morphia Sulphate 1-8 gr. " ; " Tablets Strychnine Sulphate 1-40 gr. " ; 
" Tablets Codeine Sulphate % gr." ; " Tablets Heroin Hyd. 1-12 gr." ; " Tablets 
Quinine Sulphate 2 Grain " ; " Tablets * * * Morphia Sulphate y2 gr.," and 
" Tablets Heroin Hydroch. 1-12 gr." The respective labels bore the further 
statements " Jopp Drug Co." (or " Jopp Drug Co. Inc.")  " Buffalo, N. Y."
Analyses of samples of the articles by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that: The acetphenetidin tablets examined, labeled "5 gr.," 
averaged not more than 4.34 grains of acetphenetidin to each tablet; the three 
samples of heroin hydrochloride tablets examined, labeled " 1-12 gr.," averaged 
0.0542 grain, 0.0596 grain, and 0.0473 grain, respectively, of heroin hydrochlo- 
ride to each tablet; the two samples of strychnine sulphate tablets examined, 
labeled " 1-40 gr.," averaged not more than 0.0217 grain and 0.021 grain, re- 
spectively, of strychnine sulphate to each tablet; the two samples of morphine 
sulphate tablets examined, labeled " 1-8 gr." and " V2 gr.," respectively, aver- 
aged approximately 0.144 grain and 0.557 grain, respectively, of morphine sul- 
phate to each tablet; the codeine sulphate tablets examined, labeled " % gr.," 
averaged not more than 0.223 grain of codeine sulphate to each tablet; the 
quinine sulphate tablets examined, labeled " 2 Grain," averaged not more than 
1.6 grains of quinine sulphate to each tablet; the three samples of acetyl sali- 
cylic acid tablets examined, labeled " 5 Grain," averaged not more than 3.95 
grains, 3.274 grains, and 4 grains, respectively, of acetyl salicylic acid to 
each tablet.
Adulteration of the articles was alleged in substance in the information for 
the reason that their strength and purity fell below the professed standard 
and quality under which they were sold, in that each tablet was represented to 
contain the amount of the product declared on the label thereof, whereas the 
said tablets, with the exception of the alleged Vz grain morphine sulphate 
tablets, contained less of the respective products than declared on the labels, 
and the alleged V2 grain morphine sulphate tablets contained more morphine 
sulphate than declared on the label thereof.
On May 19, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf of 
the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $1,300.
R. W. DUNIAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.