26113. Adulteration of  compound  solution   of  iodine.    U.   S.  v.   Hilda  Frank
(O'Donnell's Drug: Store).     Plea of guilty.    Fine, $25.    Execution of 
sentence suspended.    (F. & D. no. 28111.    I. S. no. 39671.)
This case involved compound solution of iodine that fell below the pharma- 
copoeial standard.
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 Hilda Frank, trading as O'Don-
nell's Drug Store, Washington, D. C, alleging that on or about November 3,1931, 
the defendant sold in the District of Columbia a quantity of compound solution 
of iodine which was adulterated.
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, quality, and purity as determined by the test, laid down therein, 
in that the said pharmacopoeia specified that liquor iodi compositus, that is, 
compound solution of iodine, should contain in each 100 cubic centimeters not 
less than 4.8 grams of iodine and not less than 9.8 grams of potassium iodide, 
whereas the article contained less iodine and less potassium than so specified, 
namely, not more than 0.332 gram of iodine and not more than 0.85 gram of 
potassium iodide per each 100 cubic centimeters, and the standard of strength, 
quality, and purity of the article was not declared upon the container thereof.
On March 26, 1935, the defendant entered a plea of guilty and the court im- 
posed a fine of $25, but ordered that execution of sentence be suspended.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.