31136. Adulteration of Ovestrin in Oil. U. S. v. American Parentrasol Labora¬ tories, Inc., and George Blank. Pleas of nolo contendere. Corporation fined $100. George Blank fined $100; imposition of sentence suspended and defendant placed on probation for 2 years. (F. & D. No. 42805. Sample No. 54572-D.) This product possessed about one-third the potency declared on its label. On February 13, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Connecti- cut filed an information against the American Parentrasol Laboratories, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., and George Blank, alleging shipment on or about May 29, 1939, from the State of Connecticut into the State of Michigan of a quantity of Ovestrin in Oil which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its strength fell below the professed standard or quality under which it was sold since each cubic centi- meter was represented to possess the therapeutic activity of 10,000 International Units of estrogenic ovarian follicular hormones; whereas each cubic centimeter of the article possessed a therapeutic activity of less than 10,000, namely, not more than 3,250 International Units of estrogenic ovarian follicular hormones. It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements (box) "1 c. c. thera- peutic activity of 10,000 i. u. of estrogenic ovarian follicular hormones" and (ampuls) "1 c. c. equals 10,000 i. u." were false and misleading since they represented that the article possessed a therapeutic activity of 10,000 Inter- national Units of estrogenic ovarian follicular hormones; whereas it possessed the therapeutic activity of less than 10,000, namely, not more than 3,250 Inter- national Units of estrogenic ovarian follicular hormones. The information also charged the shipment in interstate commerce of various drugs in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act reported in notices of judgment published under that act. On May 6,1941, pleas of nolo contendere having been entered on behalf of the defendants, the court fined both the corporation and George Blank $100 but suspended imposition of sentence as to the latter and placed him on probation for 2 years. (Both defendants were fined $50 on each of the 8 counts charging violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.)