21223. Adulterations and Misbranding of Caristol Comp. Tablets, Calradine
and Camphor Comp. Tablets, and Amidopyrine Capsules.    IT. S. v. 
Raymer   Pharmacal   Co.     Plea   of   nolo   contendere.     Fine,   9300.
(F. & D. no. 28158.    I. S. nos. 38035, 38048, 38051, 38078.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of drug tablets which were 
deficient in one of the labeled therapeutic agents, and of a quantity of alleged 
5-grain amidopyrine capsules which contained less than 5 grains of amido- 
pyrine each. Examination of the Caristol Comp. Tablets showed that they 
contained no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing 
certain curative and therapeutic effects claimed on the label.
On March 27, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court an information against the Raymer Pharmacal Co., a 
corporation trading at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging shipment by said company, 
on or about August 15, August 25, September 2, and September 16, 1931, from 
the State of Pennsylvania into the State of New Jersey, of quantities of Caristol 
Comp. tablets, Calradine and Camphor Comp. Tablets and Amidopyrine Cap- 
sules that were adulterated and misbranded. The articles were labeled in 
part: "Tablets Caristol Comp. * * * Salol y2 Gr."; "Calradine and 
Camphor Comp. * * * Ammon. Chloride 1 gr."; "Capsules Amidopyrine 
5 grains.    Raymer Pharmacal Co.    *    *    *   Philadelphia."
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, as follows: Each of the Caristol Comp. tablets was 
represented to contain one-half grain of salol, whereas each of said tablets 
contained less than so represented, the two lots containing not more than 
0.133 and 0.137 grain, respectively, of salol per tablet; each of the Calradine 
and Camphor Comp. tablets was represented to contain 1 grain of am- 
monium chloride, whereas each of said tablets contained less than 1 grain 
of ammonium chloride, namely, not more than 0.202 grain, or one-fifth grain 
of ammonium chloride; each of the amidopyrine capsules was represented 
to contain 5 grains of amidopyrine, whereas each of said capsules contained 
less than so represented, namely, amounts varying from 3.6 grains to 4.87 
grains of amidopyrine.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements " Tablets 
* * * Salol % Gr." on the label of the bottle containing the Caristol Comp. 
tablets; the statement "Ammon. Chloride 1 gr." on the label of the bottle 
containing the Calradine and Camphor Comp. tablets, and "Capsules Amido- 
pyrine 5 Grains," on the label of the bottle containing the Amidopyrine cap- 
sules, were false and misleading. Misbranding of the Caristol Comp. tablets 
was alleged for the further reason that certain statements on the bottle label 
falsely and fraudulently represented that the article was effective as a com- 
plete digestant of every variety of food; and effective as a treatment for 
intestinal indigestion, functional derangement of the liver and the alimentary 
canal due to deficient biliary secretions.
On June 26, 1933, a plea of nolo contendere to the information was entered 
on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $300.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.