10885. Misbranding of  food  preservative  tablets.     IT.   S.  v.  28,800     *     *     *.
(F. D. C. No. 18191.   Sample No. 4567-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   October 18,1945, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about June 14,1945, by the Burrough Brothers Manu- 
facturing Co., from Baltimore, Md.
PRODUCT: 28,300 food preservative tablets at Reading, Pa. Examination showed 
that each tablet contained 20 grains of salicylic acid and a small proportion 
of tartaric acid.
LABEL, IN PART:    (Sticker inside bulk container)    "Private Formula No. 6006
* * * Rx For B. S. Bergey * * * Reading, Pennsylvania Acid Sali- 
cylic 20 grains and Tartaric Powder 2 grains."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the labeling was misleading 
since it failed to reveal that the article contained an added poisonous and dele- 
terious substance, salicylic acid, which is unsafe within the meaning of the law 
since it is a substance not required in the production of the article and could 
have been avoided by good manufacturing practice.
DISPOSITION : January 10,1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.