26831. Adulteration and misbranding of strychnine  sulphate tablets.     V. S. v. 
Meyer Bros. Drug Co.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $400 and costs.     (F. &
D. no. 36079.    Sample no. 28367-B.)
These tablets contained strychnine sulphate materially in excess of the 
amount declared on the label.
On March 2, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Meyer Bros. Drug Co., a corporation, St. 
Louis, Mo., alleging shipment on or about May 3, 1935, from St. Louis, Mo., 
to Wilson, Ark., of a quantity of strychnine sulphate tablets which were adulter- 
ated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Bottle) "500 Hypo- 
dermic Tablets Strychnine Sulphate 1-60 Grain * * * Meyer Brothers 
Drug Co. St. Louis, Mo. New Orleans, La. U. S. A."
Adulteration of the article was charged under the allegation that each of the 
tablets was represented to contain one-sixtieth of a grain of strychnine sulphate; 
that each tablet contained more than one-sixtieth of a grain of strychnine sul- 
phate, namely, not less than 0.0225 grain (one forty-fifth of a grain) thereof 
and that the strength and purity of the article fell below the professed standard 
of quality under which it was sold.
Misbranding of the article was charged under the allegation that there was 
borne on the label attached to the bottle, the statement, to wit, "Tablets 
Strychnine Sulphate 1/60 grain"; that each of the tablets contained more than 
one-sixtieth of a grain; and that the aforesaid statement was false and 
misleading.
On May 9, 1936, a plea of guilty having been entered, a fine of $400 and costs 
was Imposed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.