15911. Adulteration and misbranding of Rheu-Salic tablets, heart tonic tablets, laxative cold tahlets, rheumatic compound, Migratone, anti-rheuniatic tablets, Methalgine Comp, tablets, diarrhoea tab- lets, Methalgine Comp. capsules and sodium salicylate tablets. U. S. v. Waterbury Chemical Co* Plea of guilty. Fine, Sl.OOO. (F. & D. No. 22555. I. S. Nos. 6332-x, 6333-x, 6334-x, 7712-x, 7714-x, 7716-x, 7737-x, 7739-x, 7767-x, 7769-x.) On May 24, 1928, 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 Water- bury Chemical Co., a corporation, trading at New York, N. Y., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about July 20, 1926, from the State of New York into the State of Pennsylvania, of quantities of Rheu-Salic tablets, heart tonic tablets, and laxative cold tablets, on or about August 7, 1926, from the State of New York into the State of Maryland, of quantities of Methalgine Comp. capsules and sodium salicylate tablets, on or about September 24 and November 9, 1926, respectively, from the State of New York into the State of Maine, of quantities of rheumatic compound, Migratone, anti-rheumatic tablets, Methalgine Comp. tablets, and diarrhoea tablets, which said products were adulterated and misbranded. The articles were labeled in part, variously: " Poison Rheu-Salic Acetphenetidin 2 Grs. * * * Mag- nesium Salicylate 3 Grs. * * * Waterbury Chemical Co. Des Moines New York Toronto; " " Heart Tonic Tablets * * * Nitroglycerin 1-100 Gr.; " " Laxative Cold Tablets Acetanilid 1 Gr. Quinine Sulphate 1 Gr.; " " Waterbury's Rheumatic Compound (Simirheuma) * * * Sodium Salicylate (True) 40 Grs. In Each Fluid Ounce; " " Migratone * * * Bach Fluid Ounce Con- tains * * * Caffein 7 Grains; " "Anti-Rheumatic Tablet Acid Salicylic 3 Gr.;" "Methalgine Comp. Modified (Anti-Pain) * * * Morphine Sulph 1-20 Gr.; " " Diarrhoea Tablets Morphine Sulph. 1-20 Gr.; " " Waterbury's Methalgine Comp. (Capsulated) Anti-Pain Morphine Sulph. 1-20 Gr. Acetanilid 1 Gr. Acetphenetidin 1 Gr. * * * Sod. Salicylate 2 Gr.;" " Compressed Tablets Sodium Salicylate 5 Grains," It was alleged in the information that the articles were adulterated in that their strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under which they were sold, in that each of the Rheu-Salic tablets was represented to contain 2 grains of acetphenetidin and 3 grains of magnesium salicylate, whereas each of said tablets contained not more than 1.55 grains of acet- phenetidin and not more than 1.49 grains of magnesium salicylate; each of the heart tonic tablets was represented to contain 1/100 grain of nitroglycerin, whereas each of said tablets contained not more than 0.00031 grain (1/3200 grain) of nitroglycerin; each of the laxative cold tablets was represented to contain 1 grain of acetanilid and 1 grain of quinine sulphate, whereas each of said tablets contained not more than 0.656 grain of acetanilid, and not more than 0.654 grain of quinine sulphate; each fluid ounce of the rheumatic com- pound was represented to contain 40 grains of sodium salicylate, whereas each fluid ounce contained not more than 29.73 grains of sodium salicylate; each fluid ounce of the Migratone was represented to contain. 7 grains of caffein, whereas each fluid ounce contained not more than 3.67 grains of caffein; each anti-rheumatic tablet was represented to contain 3 grains of salicylic acid, whereas each of said tablets contained not more than 0.789 grain of salicylic acid; each of the Methalgine Comp^ tablets was represented to contain 1/20 grain of morphine sulphate, whereas each of said tablets contained not more than 0.011 grain of morphine sulphate; each of the diarrhoea tablets was rep- resented to contain 1/20 grain of morphine sulphate, whereas each of said tablets contained not more than 0.0292 grain of morphine sulphate; each of said Methalgine Comp. capsules was represented to contain 1/20 grain of morphine sulphate, 1 grain of acetanilid, 1 grain of acetphenetidin, and 2 grains of sodium salicylate, whereas each of said capsules contained not more than 0.0226 grain of morphine sulphate, not*more than 0.125 grain of acetanilid, not more than 0.418 grain of acetphenetidin, and not more than 0.883 grain of sodium salicylate; and each of said compressed sodium salicylate tablets was repre- sented to contain 5 grains of sodium salicylate, whereas each of said tablets contained not more than 4.276 grains of sodium salicylate. Misbranding of the articles was alleged for the reason that the statements, to wit, "Acetphenetidin 2 Grs. * * *' Magnesium Salicylate 3 Grs. * * * Tablets * * *," with respect to the Bheu-Salic tablets, "Tablets * * * Nitroglycerin 1/100 Gr.," with respect to the heart tonic tablets, "Tablets Acetanilid 1 Gr. Quinine Sulphate 1 Gr.," with respect to the laxative cold tablets, " Sodium Salicylate (True) 40 Grs. in each fluid ounce," with respect to the rheumatic compound, " Each fluid ounce contains * * * Caffein 7