26106. Adulteration of   acetanilide,   caffeine   citrate,   and   sodium   bicarbonate
capsules.     U.   S.   v.   W.   T.   Kerfoot.   Jr.     Plea   of   guilty.     Fine.   $25. 
Execution of sentence suspended.     (F. & D. no. 28092.    I. S. no. 37o63.)
This case involved drug capsules which differed from the standard of 
strength and purity under which they were sold.
On October 31, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the police court 
of the District of Columbia an information against W. T. Kerfoot, Jr., Wash- 
ington, D. C, alleging that on or about November 2, 1931, the defendant had 
sold in the District of Columbia a quantity of acetanilide, caffeine citrate, and 
sodium bicarbonate capsules that were adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength and purity fell 
below the professed standard and quality under which it was sold since it was 
represented to consist of 12 capsules composed in part of 42 grains of acetanilide, 
whereas it consisted of 12 capsules composed in part of more than 42 grains 
of acetanilide.
On March 1, 1935, the defendant filed a motion to quash which was denied 
by the court on August 30, 1935, without opinion. On November 22, 1935, the 
defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court imposed a fine of $25 but 
ordered that execution of sentence be suspended.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.