13981. Adulteration and misbranding: of morphine sulphate tablets, nitro 
glycerin tablets, nux vomica tincture, nnx vomica fluldextract, 
aspirin tablets, and strychnine sulphate tablets. V. S. v. the 
Crystal  Chemical  Co..  Inc.     Plea  of guilty.     Fine,  $500.     (F.  &  D.
No. 19675. I. S. Nos. 12781-v, 12783-v, 13061-v, 13062-v, 13070-v, 13073-v, 
16065-v, 16066-v, 16067-v, 16068-v.)
On November 9, 1925, the United States attorney for the Southern 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 Crystal Chemical Co., Inc., a corporation, New York, N. Y., alleging ship- 
ment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in various con- 
signments, namely, on May 10, 1924, from the State of New York into the 
State of Maryland, of quantities of morphine sulphate tablets and nitroglycerin 
tablets, and on May 6, 9, and 20, 1924, respectively, from the State of New 
York into the State of New Jersey, of quantities of morphine sulphate tablets, 
nitroglycerin tablets, nux vomica tincture, nux vomica fluidextract, aspirin 
tablets, and strychnine sulphate tablets which were adulterated and mis- 
branded. The articles were labeled, variously: " Tablets Hypodermic Mor- 
phine Sulphate 1-8 gr. Crystal Chem. Co. Inc. New York City U. S. A."; 
" Tablets * * * Nitroglycerine 1-200 gr."; " Tablets Hypodermic Morphine 
Sulphate 1-10 gr."; "Tablet Triturates Nitroglycerine 1-100 gr."; "Tincture 
Nux Vomica U. S. P."; "Fluid Extract Nux Vomica U. S. P."; "Tablets 
C. C. C. Aspirin 5 Grains"; "Tablets Hypodermic Strychnine Sulphate 
1-150 " ; and " Tablet Triturates Nitroglycerine 1-100 gr."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of samples of 
the articles showed that: The two lots of morphine sulphate tablets labeled 
" 1/8 gr." contained 1/10 grain of morphine sulphate to each tablet, and 
those labeled " 1-10 gr." contained 0.088 grain of morphine sulphate to each 
tablet: the nitroglycerin tablets labeled " 1/200 gr."' contained 1/350 grain 
of nitroglycerin to each tablet, and the two lots of nitroglycerin tablets 
labeled " 1/100 gr." contained 1/80 grain of nitroglycerin to each tablet; 
the nux vomica tincture contained 0.277 gram of the alkaloids of nux vomica 
per 100 mils, which is 6 per cent more than the maximum amount permitted 
by the United States Pharmacopoeia; the nux vomica fluidextract contained 
2.19 grams of the alkaloids of nux vomica per 100 mils, which is 7 per cent 
less than the minimum permitted by the United States Pharmacopoeia; the 
aspirin tablets, labeled " 5 Grains," contained 4% grains of aspirin to each 
tablet; the strychnine sulphate tablets, labeled " 1/150," contained 1/400 
grain of strychnine sulphate to each tablet.
Adulteration of the morphine sulphate tablets, nitroglycerin tablets, aspirin 
tablets, and strychnine sulphate tablets was alleged in substance in the in- 
formation for the reason that their strength and purity fell below the pro- 
fessed standard and quality under which they were sold, in that each of said 
tablets contained less of the product than declared on the label thereof. 
Adulteration of the nux vomica tincture and the nux vomica fluidextract was 
alleged in substance for the reason that they were sold under and by a 
name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and differed from the 
standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the tests laid 
down in the said pharmacopoeia, official at the time of investigation, in 
that the nux vomica tincture yielded not less than 0.277 gram of the alkaloids 
of nux vomica per 100 mils, whereas the said pharmacopoeia provided that 
nux vomica tincture should yield not more than 0.263 gram of the alkaloids 
of nux vomica per 100 mils, and the said nux vomica fluidextract yielded not 
more than 2.19 grams of the alkaloids of nux vomica per 100 mils, whereas 
the said pharmacopoeia provided that mix vomica fluidextract should yield not 
less than 2.37 grams of the alkaloids of nux vomica per 100 mils, and the 
standard of strength, quality, and purity of the respective articles was not 
declared on the containers thereof.
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in substance for the reason that 
the statements, to wit, " Tablets * * * Morphine Sulphate 1-8 gr.," 
"Tablets * * * Nitroglycerine 1-200 gr.," "Tablets * * * Morphine 
Sulphate 1-10 gr.," "Tablet * * * Nitroglycerine 1-100 gr.," "Tincture 
Nux Vomica U. S. P.," "Fluid Extract Nux Vomica U. S. P.," "Tablets 
* * * Aspirin 5 Grains," "Tablets * * * Strychnine Sulphate 1-150," 
"Tablet * * * Nitroglycerine 1-100 gr.," as the case might be, borne on 
the labels of the respective products, were false and misleading, in that the 
said statements represented that each of the said tablets contained the amount 
of the product declared on the label thereof, and that the nux vomica tincture 
and the nux vomica fluidextract conformed to the standards prescribed for 
nux vomica tincture and nux vomica fluidextract in the United States 
Pharmacopoeia, whereas the said tablets contained less than declared on the 
labels thereof and the nux vomica tincture and the nux vomica fluidextract 
did not conform to the standards prescribed by the said pharmacopoeia for 
such products. 
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On November 23, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $500.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting. Secretary of Agriculture.