698. Adulteration and misbranding of sutures.    TJ. S. v. 32 Packages of Sutures.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 6762.    Sam-
ple No. 71511-B.)
On January 26, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern District of
Iowa filed a libel against the above-named product at Des Moines, Iowa, alleging
that it had been shipped on or about September 17, 1941, by Davis Sutures, Inc.,
from Chicago, 111.; and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be and was
represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in the United States Phar-
macopoeia, but its purity fell below the standard set forth in the pharmacopoeia
since it was not sterile. It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement
in the labeling, "Guaranty Davis Sutures are guaranteed to be sterile," was false
and misleading since it was not sterile but was contaminated with viable aerobic
and anaerobic or facultative anaerobic micro-organisms, including spore-bearing
and gas-producing micro-organisms.
On February 28,1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.