26116. Adulteration of   acetanilide,   caffeine   alkaloid,   and   soda   bicarbonate
capsules. U. S. v. Homer A. Hall. Plea of guilty. Fine, $25. Execu- 
tion of sentence suspended.    (F. & D. no. 28115.    I. S. no. 42648.)
This case involved drug capsules that differed from the standard of strength 
and purity under which they were sold.
On October 21, 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 Homer A. Hall, trading as 
Hall's Pharmacy, Washington, D. 0., alleging that on or about November 2, 
1931, the defendant sold in the District of Columbia a quantity of acetanilide, 
caffeine alkaloid, and soda bicarbonate capsules which 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 the 
article was represented to consist of 12 capsules composed in part of 6 grains of 
caffeine alkaloid; whereas the said capsules were composed in part of more than 
6 grains of caffeine alkaloid.
On November 6, 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. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.