27000. Adulteration    and misbranding of    cinchophen   tablets,    nitroglycerin
tablets, and Warren-Teed Tablets Eu-Phedital. U. S. v. The Warren- 
Teed Products Co. Plea of guilty. Pine. $800. (F. & D. no 87047. 
Sample nos. 15468-B, 48586-B, 48587-B, 64378-B.)
The cinchophen tablets, the nitroglycerin tablets, and the Warren-Teed Tablets 
Eu-Phedital contained a smaller quantity of cinchophen, nitroglycerin, and 
ephedrine sulphate, respectively, than that stated on the labels.
On December 1, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Warren-Teed Products Co., a corpora- 
tion, Columbus, Ohio, charging shipment by said corporation in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, from the State of Ohio on or about July 1, 1935, into 
the State of Georgia of a quantity of cinchophen tablets that were adulterated 
and misbranded, on or about August 31, 1935, into the State of Georgia of a 
quantity of nitroglycerin tablets that were adulterated and misbranded, and
on or about March 19, 1935, and January 81, 1936, into the State of California 
of quantities of Warren-Teed Tablets Eu-Phedital that were adulterated and 
misbranded.
The cinchophen tablets were alleged to be adulterated in that their strength 
and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under which they 
were sold, in that each tablet was represented to contain 5 grains of cinchophen; 
whereas in fact each of the tablets contained not more than 3.82 grains of 
cinchophen. Said article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement 
"Cinchophen 5 Grains", borne on the bottle labels, was false and misleading 
in that it represented that each of the tablets contained 5 grains of cinchophen; 
whereas in fact each of the tablets contained not more than 3.82 grains of 
cinchophen.
The nitroglycerin tablets were alleged to be adulterated in that their strength 
and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under which they 
were sold, in that each tablet was represented to contain too grain of nitro- 
glycerin; whereas in fact each of the tablets contained not more than was 
grain of nitroglycerin. Said article was alleged to be misbranded in that the 
statement, "Nitroglycerin too Gr.", borne on the bottle labels, was false and 
misleading in that it represented that each of the tablets contained Hoo grain 
of nitroglycerin; whereas in fact each of the tablets contained not more than 
%35 grain of nitroglycerin.
The Warren-Teed Tablets Eu-Phedital were alleged to be adulterated in that 
their strength and purity fell below the professed standard and quality under 
which they were sold in that each tablet was represented to contain one-half 
grain of ephedrine sulphate; whereas in fact each of the tablets in one 
shipment contained not more than 0.341 grain of ephedrine sulphate and in 
another, not more than 0.438 grain. Said article was alleged to be misbranded 
in that the statement, "Each tablet contains: Ephedrine Sulphate % Gr.", 
borne on the bottle labels, was false and misleading in that it represented that 
each of the tablets contained one-half grain of ephedrine sulphate; whereas in 
fact each of the tablets contained less than one-half grain of ephedrine sulphate.
On January 28, 1937, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
corporation and the court imposed a fine of $800.
HABBY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.