17313. Adulteration and Misbranding of solution citrate magnesia. TJ. S. v. 
4 Gross Bottles of Solution Citrate Magnesia. Default decree of 
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 24599. I. S. 
No. 033730.    S. No. 2938.)
On March 6, 1930, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin, 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 4 gross bottles of solution citrate magnesia, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Citro-Nesia Co., (Inc.), Chicago, Ill., on or about January 
30, 1930, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Wisconsin, 
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 it con- 
tained in each 100 cubic centimeters magnesium citrate corresponding to 1.13 
grams of magnesium oxide; 10 cubic centimeters of the solution required 7.88 
cubic centimeters of half normal sodium hydroxide for neutralization and 10 
cubic centimeters of the solution contained total citric acid corresponding to 
20 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 container. 
Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the article fell below 
the prrfessed standard or quality under which it was sold, namely, " Sol. 
Citrate of Magnesia, U. S. P. IX."
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the crown 
sealj " Sol. Citrate of Magnesia, U. S. P. IX," was false and misleading. Mis- 
branding was alleged for the further reason that the article was offered for 
sale under the name of another article.
On April 24, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
AKTHTTB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.