30979. Adulteration   and misbranding of  Acetodyne   Tablets.     U.   S.   v.   Glens
Falls Pharmacal Co., Inc., and Frederick T. Comstock.    Pleas of guilty. 
Corporation  fined $75;   individual defendant  fined $25.     (F.  & D.  No.
42683.    Sample No. 30236-D.)
This product was represented to contain 2 grains of acetophenetidin per 
tablet, whereas it contained no acetophenetidin. It did, however, contain 
acetanilide which was not declared on the label.
On October 16, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Glens Falls Pharmacal Co., Inc., and 
Frederick T. Comstock, an officer of the said corporation, alleging shipment by 
them on or about July 2, 1938, from the State of New York into the State of 
Pennsylvania of a quantity of Acetodyne Tablets that were adulterated and 
misbranded.
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 in that each 
of the tablets was represented to contain 2 grains of acetophenetidin; whereas 
the tablets contained no acetophenetidin but did contain 1.91 grains of acetani- 
lide, a drug product from which acetophenetidin is derived.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Acetphenetidin 2 gr.,'' 
borne on the bottle label, was false and misleading in that the statement rep- 
resented that the tablets contained 2 grains of acetophenetidin; whereas the 
tablets contained no acetophenetidin but did contain 1.91 grains of acetanilide. 
It was alleged to be misbranded further in that it contained acetanilide and the 
label on the package failed to bear a statement of the quantity or proportion 
of acetanilide that it contained.
On December 2, 1939, pleas of guilty were entered on behalf of the defend- 
ants and the court imposed a fine of $75 against the Glens Falls Pharmacal Co., 
Inc., and a fine of $25 against Frederick T. Comstock.
GBOVEB B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.