26156. Adulteration   and misbranding of   solution   epinephrine   hydrochloride.
U. S. v. 9 Bottles of Solution Epinephrine Hydrochloride. Default de- 
cree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 37113. 
Sample no. 34569-B.)
This article was labeled as a product of United States Pharmacopoeial 
standard but had a potency of approximately two-thirds of that required by 
said standard.
On February 3, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Arizona, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of nine bottles of solution 
epinephrine hydrochloride at Tucson, Ariz., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 6, 1935, by the Lederle 
Laboratories, Sari Francisco, Calif., therefrom to Tucson, Ariz., and charging 
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article   was   labeled  in  part:   "Solution  Epinephrine   Hydrochloride   1:1000
* *    *   Physiologically Standardized U. S. P. X."
Adulteration of the article was charged in that it was sold under a name 
recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, that it differed from the 
standard of strength as determined by the test laid down in the pharmacopoeia, 
and that its own standard was not stated on the label.
Misbranding of the article was charged in that the following statements 
appearing on the carton and bottle label, in English and Spanish, were false 
and misleading: (Carton and bottle) "Solution Epinephrine Hydrochloride 1:1000
* * * Physiologically Standardized U. S. P. X.;" (circular) "* * * the 
1:1000 Solution of Epinephrine Hydrochloride * * * complies in all respects 
with the requirements of the U. S. P. X."
On March 9, 1936, no claimant having appeared, a default decree of condem- 
nation, forfeiture, and destruction was entered.
HABEY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.