25801. Misbranding of ammonia water. 17. S. v. Wilbur E. Crofton (Kight's 
Drug Store). Plea of guilty. Fine, $10. (F. & D. no. 33911. Sample 
no. 62477-A.)
This case involved ammonia water that was approximately 40 percent below 
the minimum strength required by the United States Pharmacopoeia.
On May 15, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme Court 
of the District an information against Wilbur E. Crofton, trading as Right's 
Drug Store, Washington, D. C, charging sale in the District of Columbia by 
said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 10,1934, 
Sfrof a quantity of ammonia water that was misbranded. The article was labeled 
in part: "Stronger Ammonia Water Poison * * * Sold by Right's Drug 
Stores   *    *    *,    Washington, D. C."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that it was sold under a name 
recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and differed from the standard 
of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the test laid down in said 
pharmacopoeia, and its own standard was not stated on the label.
The information also charged a violation of the Federal Caustic Poison Act, 
reported in notice of judgment no. 50 published under that act.   On May 15, 
1935, the defendant entered a plea of guilty, and the court imposed a fine of $10 
" for violation of both acts.
W. R. GKEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.