1474. Adulteration of adhesive plaster.    TJ. S. v. 852 Spools and 35,100 Rolls of
Adhesive Plaster. Decrees of condemnation. Portion of product
ordered released under bond; remainder ordered destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos.
14012, 14429.   Sample Nos. 52976-F, 92906-F.)
On or about October 5 and November 14, 1944, the United States attorney for
the District of Maryland filed libels against 852 spools and 35,100 rolls of adhesive
plaster at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about
April 18, 1944, by the Richmond Army Service Forces Depot, from Bellbluff, Va.
The article was labeled in part: "Gotham Adhesive Plaster * * * Manu-
factured by Gotham Aseptic Laboratory Co. Inc.   New York, N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be and was
represented as adhesive plaster, a drug the name of which is recognized in the
United States Pharmacopoeia, an official compendium, but its strength differed
from the official standard since the compendium provides that the adhesive
strength of adhesive plaster, when determined by the method specified therein,
shall be not less than 40 pounds, whereas the adhesive strength of the product in
spools was from 3 to 19 pounds and that in rolls was from 3 to 11 pounds.
On November 14, 1944, no claimant having appeared for the spools of the prod-
uct, judgment of condemnation was entered and that portion was ordered de-
stroyed. On January 17, 1045, B. Pierce and Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., having
appeared as claimant for the remainder of the product and having admitted that
the article was adulterated, judgment of condemnation was entered and the article
was ordered released under bond to be disposed of in compliance with the law.
It was not to be used as surgical adhesive plaster.