20892. Adulteration   and   Misbranding of   Nuran   tablets.      V.   S.   v.   114
Packages   of  Nuran   Tablets.     Default   decree   of   condemnation, 
forfeiture and destruction.     (F. & D.  no. 29801.    Sample no. 4763-A.)
Examination of the drug preparation Nuran tablets disclosed that the article 
contained no ingredients or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed; also that it contained drugs 
that might affect or depress the heart, contrary to the claims in the labeling. 
Analysis showed that the article contained less acetphenetidin than declared.
On February 7, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 114 packages of Nuran tablets at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce, September 23, 1932, by the Ladle 
Laboratories, from Detroit, Mich., and charging adulteration and misbranding 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by this Department showed that it con- 
sisted of tablets containing in each: Acetphenetidin, 1.8 grains; acetylsalicylic 
acid, 3.7 grains; and caffeine, 0.25 grain.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that its 
strength fell below the professed standard or quality under which it was sold, 
namely, (container) " Contains Acetphenetidin   *    *    *   2 Grains per Tablet."
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements on the con- 
tainer, " Contains Acetphenetidin * * * 2 grains per tablet. * * * 
Does not affect the heart"; and (leaflet) " Does not depress the heart", were 
false and misleading. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
label failed to, bear a correct statement of the quantity or proportion of acet- 
phenetidin. an acetanilide derivative, contained in the article, and for the 
further reason that the following statements, regarding its curative and thera- 
peutic effects, were false and fraudulent: (Container) "Nuran * * * used 
with conspicuous success in * * * Toothache, * * * Neuritis, Ton- 
silitis, Sore Throat, Menstrual Pains, * * * Rheumatism, Influenza"; 
(leaflet) "Nuran * * * safer * * * more effective for Pain * * * 
etc."
On April 4, 1933, 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.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.