1113. Adulteration  of sodium  citrate  and sodium chloride  solutions.    U.  S.  v.
14 Cases of Sodium Citrate Solution (and 10 other seizure actions against
the above-named products). Default decrees of condemnation and
destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 9397, 9399, 9400, 9431, 9432, 9543, 9706, 10731,
11523, 11524, 11705, 11748. Sample Nos. 12050-F, 12073-F, 15940-F, 16124-F,
16125-F, 30856-F, 30858-F, 30859-F, 36483-F to 36487-F, inch, 42486-F,
54509-F to 54511-F, incl., 57130-F, 61085-F to 61087-F, incl.)
These products purported to be "Anticoagulant Solution of Sodium Citrate"
and "Isotonic Solution of Sodium Chloride," respectively, names recognized in
the United States Pharmocopoeia. The Pharmacopoeia provides that, unless
otherwise specified, sterile products for parenteral use must be dispensed; and
that they must conform with the requirements for injections. These require-
ments are, among others, that injections which are solutions of soluble medica-
ments must be clear, and free of any turbidity or undissolved material which
can be detected readily when examined in accordance with the method described
therein. The products when so examined were found to be not clear and free
from turbidity.
Between February 26, 1943, and February 9, 1944, the United States attorneys
for the District of Colorado, the Western District of Washington, the District
of Oregon, the District of Utah, the Northern District of Illinois, the Southern
District of New York, and the Western District of Texas filed libels against
1 case containing 5 flasks, and 10 cases, each containing 6 flasks, at Portland,
Oreg., and 49 cases, each containing 6 bottles, at New York, N. Y., of sodium
chloride solutions, and against the following quantities of sodium citrate solu-
tions: 22 cases, each containing 6 flasks, and 355 bottles at Denver, Colo.; 79
cases and 150 cartons, each containing 6 flasks, at Seattle. Wash.; 17 cases,
each containing 6 flasks, at Portland, Oreg.; 54 flasks at Salt Lake City, Utah; 840
cases, each containing 6 bottles, at Chicago, 111.; and 258 bottles at San Antonio, '
Tex. They alleged that the articles, which had been consigned by Cutter
Laboratories, had been shipped in interstate commerce within tie period from
on or about January 5, 1942, to December 2, 1943, from Berkeley and Oakland,
Calif., Chicago, 111., and Seattle, Wash.; and charged that they were adulterated.
Various lots of the articles were labeled in part: "Saftivac [or "Safti-
fuge"] * * * Sodium Citrate * * * In Isotonic [or "Physiological"]
Solution of Sodium Chloride," "Physiological Solution of Sodium Chloride,"
"Saftiflask Physiological Solution of Sodium Chloride (Normal Salt Solution),"
or "Sediflask * * * Sodium Citrate * * * in Isotonic Solution of Sodium
Chloride."
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that they purported to be drugs
the names of which are recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, an official
compendium, but their quality and purity fell below the standard set forth
therein since they were not free from undissolved material.
Between April 6, 1943, and April 7, 1944, no claimant having appeared, judg-
ments of condemnation were entered and the products were ordered destroyed.