26815. Adulteration and misbranding of Isdahl's Poultry Cod Liver Oil. V. S. 
v. 8 Drams of Cod Liver Oil. Default decree of condemnation and 
destruction.     (F.  & D. nos. 38423, 38424.    Sample nos. 13038-C, 13039-C.)
This product differed from the standard for cod-liver oil prescribed in the 
United States Pharmacopoeia in that it was found to have a color darker than 
that prescribed by said standard, to have a rancid odor, to deposit stearin when 
immersed in a mixture of ice and distilled water for 5 hours, and to contain 
less than 85 U. S. P. units of vitamin D per gram; a portion also contained 
more than 1.3 percent of unsaponifiable matter.
On October 19, 1936, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of eight drums of 
Isdahl's Poultry Cod Liver Oil at Odessa, N. Y., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce on or about March 14, 1935, by McKesson 
& Robbing from Bridgeport, Conn., and that it was adulterated and misbranded 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article contained in the eight drums was alleged to be adulterated in 
that it was sold under a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia 
and it differed from the standard of strength, quality, and purity as determined 
by the test laid down in said pharmacopoeia in that the article had a color ¦ 
darker than the color for cod-liver oil as prescribed in said pharmacopoeia, had 
a rancid odor, deposited stearin when immersed in a mixture of ice and 
distilled water for 5 hours, and contained less than 85 U. S. P. units of vitamin 
D per gram; and the article contained in three of the eight drums thereof 
differed from said standard in the additional respect that it contained more 
than 1.3 percent of unsaponifiable matter. The article was alleged to be adulter- 
ated further in that its strength and purity fall below the professed standard 
and quality under which it was sold, namely, "2660 Vit D per fl. oz. U. S. P. 10 
1934 Revised", in that the article contained less than 2,660 vitamin D units 
per fluid ounce U. S. P. 10, 1934 revised.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement, "2660 Vit D 
per fl. oz. U. S. P. 10 1934 Revised", appearing on the label, was false and 
misleading in that the article contained less than 2,660 vitamin D units per 
fluid ounce U. S. P. 10, 1934 revised.
On November 23, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.