26781. Adulteration and misbranding of spirit of nitroglycerin. U. S. v. Parke, 
Davis & Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $1. (F. & D. no. 37956. Sample 
nos. 34219-B, 58018-B.)
This product differed from the standard for spirit of nitroglycerin prescribed 
in the United States Pharmacopoeia in that it contained nitroglycerin in a 
proportion greater than that prescribed by said standard.
On October 15, 1936, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Parke, Davis & Co., a corporation, De- 
troit, Mich., charging shipment by said corporation in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act, on or about July 25 and 27, 1935, from the State of Michigan 
into the State of Illinois of quantities of spirit of nitroglycerin that was 
adulterated and misbranded.
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it was sold under and by a name 
recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and differed from the standard 
of strength, quality, and purity for spirit of nitroglycerin as determined by 
the test laid down in said pharmacopoeia, in that it contained more than 1.1 
percent of nitroglycerin, to wit, not less than 1.5 percent, and its own standard 
of strength, quality, and purity was not declared on the containers.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement, "Spirit of 
Nitroglycerin (Spirit of G-lycerl Trinitrate, U. S. P.) * * * An alcoholic 
solution of Nitroglycerin * * * containing 1 percent by weight of the 
substance", borne on the bottle labels, was false and misleading in that it 
represented that the article was spirit of nitroglycerin that conformed to the 
standard laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia; whereas in fact the 
article was not spirit of nitroglycerin that conformed to the standard laid 
down in said pharmacopoeia, and it contained more than 1 percent by weight 
of nitroglycerin.
On November 25, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the 
defendant corporation, and on January 7, 1937, the court imposed a fine of $1.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.