22592. Adulteration of   chloroform   liniment.     V.   S.   v.   Blumauer-Frank
Drag Co. Flea of guilty. Fine, S2O0. (F. & D. no. 31325. Sample 
no. 30787-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of chloroform liniment sold 
under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopeia, which failed to 
conform to the requirements of the said pharmacopoeia.
On May 2,1934, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court an 
information against the Blumauer-Frank Drug Co., a corporation, Portland, 
Oreg., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about July 1, 1932, from the State of Oregon into the State of 
Washington, of a quantity of chloroform liniment that was adulterated and 
misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "B. F. C. Co. * * * Chloro- 
form Liniment Contains 67% Alcohol * * * Blumauer-Frank Drug Co., 
Portland, Oregon."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that it 
was sold under and by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopeia 
and differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined 
by the test laid down in the said pharmacopoeia official at the time of investi- 
gation, in that it contained in each 1,000 cc not more than 16.4 g of camphor, 
and 42.1 percent of alcohol by volume, whereas the pharmacopoeia provides 
that chloroform liniment shall contain in each 1,000 cc not less than 31.5 g of j 
camphor, and not less than 43 percent of alcohol by volume.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Contains 67% 
Alcohol", borne on the bottle label, was false and misleading, since the article 
contained less than 67 percent of alcohol. Misbranding was alleged for the 
further reason that the article contained alcohol and the label failed to bear 
a statement of the quantity or proportion of alcohol contained therein.
On May 2, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant com- 
pany, and the court imposed a fine of $200.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.