13634. Adulteration and misbranding of acetyl salicylic acid tablets, 
nitroglycerin tablets, and diacetyl morphine hydrochloride tab- 
lets. TJ. S. v. Glens Falls Pharmacal Co., Inc. Plea of guilty. 
Fine, $100. (F. & D. No. 18989. I. S. Nos. 1786-v, 1789-v, 1790-v, 
12505-v, 12508-v.)
On October 6, 1924, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
New York, 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 Glens Falls Pharmacal Co., Inc., a corporation, Glens Falls, N. Y., alleg- 
ing shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or 
about October 15, 1923, from the State of New York into the State of Maryland, 
of quantities of. acetyl salicylic acid tablets and nitroglycerin tablets, respec- 
tively, and on or about October 29, 1923, from the State of New York into the 
State of Massachusetts, of quantities of acetyl salicylic acid tablets, nitro- 
glycerin tablets, and diacetyl morphine hydrochloride tablets, respectively, all 
of which were adulterated and misbranded. The articles were labeled in 
part, variously: " 1000 Compressed Tablets Acetyl Salicylic Acid * * * 
5 gr. Manufactured by Glen Pharmacal Co. Inc. Glens Falls, N. Y." ; " 1000 
Tablet Triturates Nitro-Glycerine * * * 1/100 Gr. Manufactured by Glen 
Pharmacal Co."; and " 1000 Tablets Triturate Diacetyl Morphine Hydrochlo- 
ride 1/24 gr.   *   *   *   Manufactured by Glens Falls Pharmaceutical Co. Inc."
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 the said tablets were sold as 
containing 5 grains of acetyl salicylic acid, 1/100 of a grain of nitroglycerin, 
or 1/24 of a grain of diacetyl morphine hydrochloride, as the case might be, 
whereas the said tablets did not contain the said amounts but did contain less 
amounts, the two lots of acetyl salicylic acid tablets averaging not more than 
4.22 grains and 4.53 grains, respectively, of the said product to each tablet, 
the 2 lots of nitroglycerin tablets averaging not more than 0.0074 grain and 
0.0075 grain of nitroglycerin to each tablet, and the diacetyl morphine hydro- 
chloride tablets averaging not more than 0.029 grain of the said product to 
each tablet.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements "Acetyl Sali- 
cylic Acid * * * 5 gr.," " Nitro-Glycerine * * * 1/100 Gr.," and " Dia- 
cetyl Morphine Hydrochloride 1/24 gr.," borne on the labels of the respective 
products, were false and misleading, in that the said statements represented 
that the tablets contained the amounts of the respective products declared on 
the labels, whereas they did not but did contain less amounts.
On January 5, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.