20946. Adulteration   and   Misbranding of  Blaud's   mass   tablets.     IT.   S.   -v.
80,000   Tablets   Blaud's   Mass.     Default   decree   of   condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 30111.    Sample no. 31840-A.)
This action involved an interstate shipment of Blaud's mass tablets that were 
labeled to create the impression that they were the equivalent of Blaud's pills. 
a product recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia. Analysis showed 
that the tablets contained a smaller amount of ferrous carbonate than required 
by the pharmacopoeia for Blaud's pills.
On April 20. 1933, 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 a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 80,000 Blaud's mass 
tablets at New York, N.Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about October 28,1932, by Shores-Mueller Co., from Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was contained partly in an open drum, and 
partly in bottles, all of the tablets having been originally contained in the drum, 
which was labeled in part: "Tablets Blauds Mass C. C. Oval, 5 Grains."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that its strength 
fell below the professed standard under which it was sold, namely, '' Tab- 
lets   *    *    *   Blauds Mass    *    *    *   5 Grains."
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, " Tablets * * * 
Blauds Mass   *    *   *   5 Grains ", was false and misleading.
On May 16, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was orderd by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TWWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.