25830. Adulteration of tincture of iodine. IT. S. v. McKesson & Bobbins, Inc. 
Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $100. (F. & D. no. 36041. Sample na 
15406-B.)
This article was sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharma- 
copoeia and fell below the pharmacopoeial standard.
On December 27,1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against McKesson & Robbins, Inc., incorporated 
under the laws of Maryland, with a branch at Los Angeles, Calif., operating 
under the name of McKesson-Western Wholesale Drug Co., alleging shipment in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act on or about January 3, 1935, from the State 
of California into the State of Arizona of a quantity of tincture of iodine which 
was adulterated. The article was labeled in part: (Bottle) "Tincture of Iodine, 
U. S. P., Alcohol 85%,   *    *   *    Sterling Laboratory, Los Angeles, U. S. A."
Adulteration of the article was charged under the allegations (a) that it was 
sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia; that said 
pharmacopoeia provided that tincture of iodine shall contain not less than 6.5 
grams of iodine and not less than 4.5 grams of potassium iodide per 100 cubic 
centimeters; that the article contained not more than 5.32 grams of iodine, and 
not more than 4.26 grams of potassium iodide per 100 cubic centimeters; that the 
article differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined 
by the test laid down in the pharmacopoeia, and that the standard of strength, 
quality, and purity of the article was not declared on the container thereof; 
(b) that its strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality 
under which it was sold in that it was represented to be tincture of iodine which 
conformed to the standard laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia; 
whereas it was not.
On January 27, 1936, a plea of nolo contendere having been entered, a fine of 
$100 was imposed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.