26997. Adulteration   and misbranding of  cod-liver oil.     TJ.  S.  v.  8  Drums  of 
God-Liver Oil.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F.
& D. no. 38908.   Sample no. 13086-C.)
The label of this product bore a false and misleading statement that it was 
cod-liver oil U. S. P., and that each gram contained 95 U. S. P. vitamin D units; 
whereas each gram contained less than 85 U. S. P. vitamin D units. It differed 
from the pharmacopoeial standard for cod-liver oil In that more than 1 cubic 
centimeter of tenth-normal sodium hydroxide, namely, 1.32 cubic centimeters, 
were required to neutralize the free acid in 2 grams of the sample; and it 
deposited Stearin when immersed in a mixture of Ice and distilled water for 5 
hours.
On January 5, 1937, 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 8 drums of cod- 
liver oil at Horseheads, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about August 10, 1933, by McKesson & Robbins, Inc,
from Bridgeport, Conn., and that it was adulterated and misbranded In viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was sold under a name 
recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia and differed from the standard 
of strength, quality, and purity as determined by the test laid down In said 
pharmacopoeia. Said article was alleged to be adulterated further in that its 
strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under which 
it was sold, namely, "Each (gram) Contains U. S. P. X 1934 Revised * * * 
(95) Vit. D units."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement, "Superfine 
Poultry Cod Liver Oil * * * U. S. P. * * * Each (Gram) Contains 
U. S. P. X 1934 Revised • • • (95) Vit. D. Units", borne on the labels, 
was false and misleading in that it represented that the article was cod-liver 
oil U. S. P., each gram of which contained 95 vitamin D units; whereas In 
fact each gram of the article contained less than 95 U. S. P. units of vitamin D 
per gram.
On February 2, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.