26964. Adulteration   and misbranding of   Flrstald  Readymade  Bandage   with
Mercurochrome. V. 8. v. 1,440 Boxes of Flrstald Readymade Bandage 
with Mercurochrome. Consent decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.    (F. k D. no. 87889.   Sample no. 72820-B.)
This article was represented on the label to be sterile, when it was not sterile, 
but contained putrefactive anaerobic, spore-forming bacilli.
On July 14, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern 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 1,440 boxes of Flrstald 
Eeadymade Bandage with Mercurochrome at New York, N. Y., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about April 15, 1936, by 
the Seamless Rubber Co., from New Haven, Conn., and that it was adulterated 
and misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its purity fell below the 
professed standard and quality under which it was sold, namely, "Sterile dress- 
ing for applying to cuts, burns, slight wounds, etc.", in that it was not sterile, 
but did contain putrefactive anaerobic, spore-forming bacilli.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Sterile dressing for 
applying to cuts, burns, slight wounds, etc.", appearing on the label, was false 
and misleading in that the article was not sterile, but did contain putrefactive 
anaerobic, spore-forming bacilli.
On December 16, 1936, the United Drug Co., of Boston, Mass., claimant, hav- 
ing admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product 
be destroyed.
HABBTT L. BBOWIT, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.