1026. Adulteration and misbranding of lubricating Jelly. V. S. v. 120 Packages
and 13% Dozen Packages of Lubricating Jelly. Decrees of condemnation
and destruction.    (F. D. C. Nos. 9355, 9356.    Sample Nos. 29054-F, 38019-F.)
On February 10 and 13, 1943, the United States attorneys for the Northern
Districts of Illinois and Georgia filed libels against 120 packages of lubricating
jelly at Chicago, III., and 13y2 dozen packages at Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the
article had been shipped on or about December 9 and 31, 1942, from Detroit, Mich.,
by White Cross Pharmacals, Inc.; and charging that it was adulterated and mis-
branded. The article was labeled in part: "American Surgical Lubricating
Jelly * . * .* Made for American Hospital Supply Corp.," or "White Cross
Surgical Lubricating Jelly."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that its purity and quality fell
below that which it was represented to possess, "Sterilized."
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements appearing in its labeling
which represented and suggested that the article was sterile and was a suitable
lubricant for surgical use were false and misleading since the article was not
sterile but was contaminated with living micro-organisms and was not suitable
for such use.
On April 8 and 12, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna-
tion were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.