28358. Adulteration of cod-liver oil tablets.    U. S. v. 35,000 Cod Liver Oil Tab¬
lets.    Default  decree   of  condemnation  and  destruction.     (F.  & D.  No.
40415.    Sample No. 45793-C.)
This product was represented to contain 1,570 vitamin A units per tablet, 
whereas it contained not more than 785 U. S. P. units of vitamin A per tablet.
On October 1, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court; 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 35,000 cod-liver oil tablets at St. 
Paul, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce- 
on or about October 23, 1936, by Strong-Cobb & Co., Inc., from Cleveland, Ohio, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength and purity fell, 
below the professed standard and quality under which it was sold, namely, 
(invoice) "Cod Liver Oil Tablets No. 1 * * * 1570 Vitamin A * * * 
Units," since it did not contain 1,570 vitamin A units per tablet but did contain 
a much less amount.
On December 22, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.