28360. Misbranding of P. & S. Brand Sanl-Strlps. U. S. v. 12 Dozen Packages of P. & S. Brand Sanl-Strlps. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. No. 40709. Sample No. 62987-C.) This product was labeled "Waterproof" and was also labeled to indicate that it was sterile; whereas it was not sterile, but contained viable micro-organisms / and contained holes through which water could penetrate. * On November 10, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 12 dozen packages -of P. & S. Brand Sani-Strips at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 21, 1937, by the American White Cross Laboratory from New Rochelle, N. Y., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Physicians and Surgeons Sani-Strips," borne on the metal container and the wrapper around the individual bandage; the statements, "Emergency Bandages," "Hos- pital Quality," and "Surgical Quality," borne on the metal container, and the statement "Waterproof," borne on the metal container and wrapper, were false and misleading as applied to bandages which were not sterile but were ?contaminated with viable micro-organisms, and which contained holes through which water might readily pass. On December 18, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condem- nation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed. HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.