17096. Adulteration  and Misbranding of citrate  of magnesia.     IT. S. v. 45
Bottles of Citrate of Magnesia. Decree of condemnation, forfei- 
ture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 24171. I. S. No. 016193. S. No. 
2401.)
On October 21, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 45 bottles of citrate of magnesia, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Des Moines, Iowa, alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Citro Nesia Co. (Inc.), Chicago, Ill., September 5, 1929, and 
transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Iowa, and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this department showed that each 
100 cubic centimeters contained magnesium citrate corresponding to 1.21 grams 
of magnesium oxide, 10 cubic centimeters of the solution required 7.25 cubic 
centimeters of half-normal sodium hydroxide for neutralization, and 10 cubic 
centimeters of the solution contained total citric acid corresponding to 20.3 
cubic centimeters of half-normal sulphuric acid.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was 
sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and differed 
from the standard of strength and quality as determined by tests laid down 
in said pharmacopoeia, and its own standard was not stated upon the bottles 
or containers. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that its strength 
fell below the professed standard and quality under which it was sold, namely, 
" Sol. Citrate of Magnesia U. S. P. IX."
Misbrandiiig was alleged for the reason that the statement on the crown 
seal of the bottle containing the article, " Sol Citrate of Magnesia U. S. P. IX." 
was false and misleading, and for the further reason that the article was 
offered for sale under the name of another article.
On February 13, 1930, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal and that costs be taxed against the libellees.
ARTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.