24630. Adulteration and misbranding of fluidextract of squill.     U. S. v. 21 Pint
Bottles of Fluidextract Squill. Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 31264.    Sample no. 55785-A.)
This case involved a shipment of fluidextract of squill, samples of which were 
found to have a potency of less than two-fifths of that required by the United 
States Pharmacopoeia.
On October 23, 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 a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 21 bottles of fluid-
extract squill at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in  ( 
interstate commerce on or about September 19, 1933, by B. R. Elk & Co., from  \ 
Dundee, N. J., and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act.   The article was labeled in part: "Fluid Extract Squill 
USP."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was sold under a name 
recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and differed from the standard 
of strength as determined by the test laid down in the said pharmacopoeia 
official at the time of investigation, and its own standard of strength was not 
stated on the container.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
"Fluid Extract Squill USP", was false and misleading.
On April 4, 1935, no answer having been filed by the claimant, default decree 
of condemnation was entered and the court ordered that the product be de- 
stroyed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.